Because margarine, like butter has a burn/smoke point. Shortening will not burn/smoke like margarine when the heat hits it.
Butter/margarine.
yes you can use margarine, but a better replacement would be lard.
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.
But yes, in fact if you substitute shortening for butter in the tollhouse cookie recipe they will come out big and stay soft.
You can use margarine. In a real pinch, you can use shortening or lard, but like butter and margarine, they need to be "fluffed up" in order to be of a pleasant consistency.
Yes, if by table spread you mean margarine. Butter will give a better flavour but margarine will be less fattening.
Butter or margarine can be used instead, adding a couple of extra tablespoons per cup of shortening called for in a recipe.
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 use butter, lard, cooking spray or stick margarine as a substitute. Depending on the recipe, you could also use either apple sauce or prune puree.
You can use Butter, Margarine, or Lard. These will give you about the same result as using vegetable shortening. Vegetable shortening is pure fat so lard will be a good substitute, butter and margarine have water in them you will need to use a little more and if used in baking they won't produce a crust that is as flaky as shortening would. If you are looking for a healthier/low fat substitution try googleing food substitutions for vegetable shortening. Using certain fruits like apple sauce, bananas and many others as a substitution can work but a very very lesser degree.Clarification:Using butter, margarine or lard will not generally give the same results as using shortening. Shortening is made from hydrogenated vegetable oil, such as soybean oil, butter is made from cream, and margarine is made from various fats and liquids.In some recipes that call for butter or shortening, you can use margarine, but since margarine has a higher water content than butter or shortening, it's not a good idea to use margarine in foods that require a crisp, flaky texture, such as pie crust.
no
use butter flavored Crisco