Christine

November 29, 2009 at 4:28am

I noticed that the Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe calls for shortening. I really prefer to use butter in my baking and not shortening. Can I substitute all butter in this recipe? What benefit does shortening offer, in general, over butter? Christine, you can use all butter; your cookies will spread more, and won't be quite as crisp around the edges. And those are shortening's advantages, controlling spread, and crispness. PJH
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