Haha. Well, I'll just stick to the recipes then. Doesn't hurt to be on
the safe side Thanks for all the tips!

Dusty Bleher wrote:
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>>Dusty gave a link with a soft cookie recipe. Do you know of any
>>others? Maybe one from you secret collection?
>
> Yes. But then it wouldn't be "a secret" anymore...and I'd end up
> having to kill you...(;-o)!
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> http://www.innerlodge.com/Recipes/Co...ealCookies.htm
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>>Thanks! I will definitely try this out. Have you tried variations
>>of this? You know, adding chocolate chips instead of oatmeal, etc.
>
> Instead of oatmeal? No. You can't really do that. The oatmeal is
> one of the binders that make it "chewy". It's not a "nugget" of
> some ingredient put in there for flavor. You can substitute for the
> dried fruit, but that's about it. Some chocolate chips along with
> the fruit, or in place of some of it would be just fine.
>
> One of my girls made some once that left out all the fruit, and
> substituted it with finely shredded orange peel and chocolate chips.
> It was YUMMY!
>
>
>>>>>With regards to the type of oil...<<<
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>>I tend to use vegetable oil (cause we usually don't have butter or
>>margarine sticks around). Is that bad? =/
>
> Well, not "bad"...but not good either. Look, I don't want to let
> this thread degenerate into a discussion of fats & oils and their
> dietary impact. It's a field that most folks know squat about and I
> don't want to end up sounding like I'm preaching.
>
> But the short, non-dietary version is; it's not clear what
> substituting an equivalent amount of oil for the butter, in that
> recipe, will do (never tried it). I suspect little or nothing for
> the texture, and probably won't improve the taste. If you must
> substitute, then do so with vegetable oils. While I love EVOO, I
> don't think it would do nice things for your cookie's taste...(:-o)!
>
> Since you're going to be baking, avoid any oil that will breakdown
> (by the heat) into transfats. Sun or safflower oil, and the "real"
> nut oils, like walnut would be okay. Avoid anything like "Crisco",
> margarine, and so on. Those are completely transfat saturated and
> should be avoided like the plague.
>
>
> L8r all,
> Dusty
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