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nesser1981
12-23-2009, 02:38 PM
I'm out of shortening, has anyone used butter in place of it? For Cookies.

BrattyMeg
12-23-2009, 02:45 PM
you can...it's 1:1 ratio but if your butter is salted, I"d leave out the salt in the recipe if it calls for any.

do you have applesauce? that's a good substitute too :)

Jenn Barrette
12-23-2009, 03:06 PM
Yup it will work fine :)

nesser1981
12-23-2009, 03:12 PM
Thanks girlies!

Nope, out of apple sauce. I have the little cups of pear sauce. LOL!

BrattyMeg
12-23-2009, 03:16 PM
pear would probably work but for cookies I think I'd use the butter instead...cake would be good for the apple/pear sauce though! Make it really moist

Darcy Baldwin
12-23-2009, 03:41 PM
The thing about butter is that it melts more than shortening, so your cookies might be a bit flatter and crisper than if you used shortening.

You can read more about the science behind it here. (http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Season3/Cookie/CookieTranscript.htm)

meganmecrazy
12-23-2009, 03:56 PM
95% of the time I use butter instead of shortening. But like Darcy said...they will probably come out flatter.

Nathalie
12-23-2009, 05:02 PM
But cookies with butter taste sooo much better imho!

Jenn Barrette
12-23-2009, 05:06 PM
I like to do half and half personally, good combination of taste and texture :)

Stacey42
12-23-2009, 05:07 PM
I use butter for shorting nearly all the time.

nesser1981
12-23-2009, 05:08 PM
They turned out good guys. Thanks.

They are suppose to be chewy, so maybe that's what the shortening helped. I don't know, it was the first time I'd tried the recipe, so it turned out good and we don't know the difference. :)