Butter vs. shortening
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It's a cookie recipe not something you will eat everyday. Use what the recipe calls for. Shortening is solid and made from plants. Lard is made from animals. Butter is dairy. Spread is not margarine so don't use spread in baking. Make half the recipe with shortening (Crisco) and half with butter (Land of Lakes). See which half you like better.
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I use sorghum instead of molasses. It is sweeter. I use Crisco and butter - just depends. I am glad to know to add a little flour if I use butter. I have had to change my pie dough recipe because I think Crisco has changed in someway through the years. I have an old Betty Crocker Cookbook that I have always used and now it I use that recipe by pie dough does not come out right. I have started using the recipe on the back of the package of Crisco Sticks. I like to use Crisco for my Toll House Cookies. That recipe has altered slightly too - the one on the package of choc. chips. Changes are good????
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