Substitutes for shortening are butter and margarine in sticks. Use the same amount as called for in your recipe. Keep in mind, plain shortening will NOT be as flavorful as butter or margarine. Do not use soft margarine in a tub as it contains too much water.
For most cookies you can't use oil in place of shortening.
When you're baking cookies, if you use shortening instead of butter, your cookies come out higher. They don't spread as much as they do with butter, so your cookies turn out like the ones in the pictures instead of flat.
Of course you can make cookies with margarine instead of shortening, I do it with all my cookies. When you use margarine you don't need to grease your baking pans, and I think the cookies come out more tasty.
You can replace shortening with applesauce during baking, but this will give your baked items a difference consistency. For example, cookies turn out softer and more cake-y when using this substitution.
To make my cookies rise, I use shortening instead of butter. Answer The cookies rise depending on the baking powder, salt, baking soda or creme of tartar ingredient that is included in the recipe. Of all of these, the dates on the baking powder and creme of tartar make a difference in their effectiveness. Make sure that you include the full measure of the amount requested by the recipe and that you bake the dough soon after mixing it. Check that your oven is at the desired temperature.
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You can but you are going to have a slightly different texture.
You can replace shortening with applesauce during baking, but this will give your baked items a difference consistency. For example, cookies turn out softer and more cake-y when using this substitution.
While it is possible, it is much better and easier to use the regular metal cookie baking sheet instead.
There are many factors that could cause cookies to be flat rather than raised. The amount of baking powder or baking soda. Using plain milk when buttermilk called for. Too much liquid Too much fat (oil or butter) Using butter or oil instead of shortening or lard Greasing pan (causes cookies to spread) Not allowing pan to cool before cooking successive batches (hot pan causes spreading.) Forgot to include egg. Recipe makes flat cookies, not puffy cookies - try a different recipe.Or put the measerment of bakingpowder or soda
Bananas are a type of fruit that grow on trees. They are not "made of" anything; they simply are bananas. Cookies are made from flour, sugar and some sort of fat such as butter or shortening. Cookies may have different combinations of additional ingredients such as eggs, vanilla, salt, baking soda or baking powder, chocolate, nuts and dried fruit.
A common nondairy ingredient to use in cookie recipes in place of butter is shortening. It will change the texture of the cookie, usually cookies with shortening will be a little chewier than cookies with butter.