All the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipes I am looking at call for shortening. Is this normal? I don't think I've ever purchased shortening.
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Allyson - Mar 28, 2006 11:05:27 am PST #6802 of 10001
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msbelle - Mar 28, 2006 11:05:47 am PST #6803 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I never get up for the bouquet toss. I can't remember being at a wedding where people wanted to catch it, kinda makes you wonder why anyone does it anymore.
ION, it is not yet 6.
sarameg - Mar 28, 2006 11:08:14 am PST #6804 of 10001
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Calli - Mar 28, 2006 11:08:53 am PST #6805 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
All the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipes I am looking at call for shortening. Is this normal?
I've seen a lot of cookie recipes that call for shortening. I usually substitute butter. This can affect texture and taste, however. I think it affects taste for the better, but then I think dairy fat improves many things.
msbelle - Mar 28, 2006 11:09:59 am PST #6806 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
someone needs more work to do.
anyhoo, I've cooked with shortening my whole life. less now than I used to , but it is what I use in pie crust and some cookies.
Kathy A - Mar 28, 2006 11:10:50 am PST #6807 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of cookies/baking/etc., a tribute to Alton Brown!
Cashmere - Mar 28, 2006 11:11:29 am PST #6808 of 10001
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I think my twin sister stiff armed an 11 year old girl to catch the bouquet at my wedding.
Her marriage lasted 7 months.
kat perez - Mar 28, 2006 11:12:19 am PST #6809 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
What is shortening?
Tom Scola - Mar 28, 2006 11:12:58 am PST #6810 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Lard.
DXMachina - Mar 28, 2006 11:13:23 am PST #6811 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
What is shortening?
Crisco, not lard.