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It's fine to use butter in Molasses cookies. Butter isshortening, as is lard.
Butter, oil, lard, shortening, and margarine are all pretty much interchangeable, measure for measure, in most recipes. The only major difference between them is their salt content (and the water content of some margarines), which usually doesn't affect the recipe or the taste adversely. Recipes requiring yeast leavening may be affected by the higher salt content of some margarines or salted butter, though.
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Can you use shortening to make chocolate chip cookies?
Yes, you can use shortening in place of butter to make chocolate chip cookies. Shortening will result in cookies that have a slightly different texture than those made with butter, but they will still be delicious. Make sure to use a shortening that is labeled as suitable for baking.
What is the difference between Crisco brand butter shortening and Crisco brand shortening?
Crisco brand butter shortening contains butter flavor, while regular Crisco brand shortening does not. This gives the butter shortening a buttery taste that the regular shortening lacks. Both can be used interchangeably in recipes that call for shortening.
What type of triglyceride would this of substance be vegetable oil butter shortening?
Vegetable oil is unsaturated. Butter is saturated. Im not sure about shortening.
Is butter the same as shortening?
No. Butter is an emulsion of butterfat, water, air, and sometimes salt, churned from milk. Shortening is any fat that is solid at room temperature, not butter, and more typically related to margarine (a butter substitute prepared from beef fat). Shortening is prepared by allowing and limiting the bonding of hydrogen to fats. These fats can be vegetable or animal. Lard is the traditional form of shortening.
Does butter work the same as shortening?
Because both butter and shortening are fats that are solid at room temperature, they work much the same in baked products. Advertisers promoting vegetable shortening do claim that products baked with shortening rise more or will have better appearance and texture. These claims may or may not be true. It is certain that butter produces a taste that most people prefer to the taste of shortening.
When baking cookies What is the difference between shortening and butter?
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.
Can margerine be used in place of shortening in a cookie 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.
Can you make oatmeal cookies without margarine or butter?
Yes, you can. There are recipes for oatmeal cookies that call for vegetable shortening instead of margarine or butter.
Can butter be used instead of shortening in oatmeal banana cookies?
Yes, in fact, that is what I use.
What can I use instead of shortening in cookies to achieve a similar texture and taste?
You can use butter or margarine as a substitute for shortening in cookies to achieve a similar texture and taste.
Would the cookies taste different if you used shortening instead of butter?
Without a doubt. Always use butter
What is a common substitute for shortening in cookies?
Butter is a common substitute for shortening in cookies.
Can you use butter instead of shortening in a slice and bake cookie?
Butter has a lower melting point than shortening. The cookies may spread a little further and they may tend to burn on the bottoms.
What is the substitute for butter when making cookies?
Vegetable Shortening
Can you use three-fourths cup of shortening instead of butter when baking cookies?
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.
Can you use shortening to make chocolate chip cookies?
Yes, you can use shortening in place of butter to make chocolate chip cookies. Shortening will result in cookies that have a slightly different texture than those made with butter, but they will still be delicious. Make sure to use a shortening that is labeled as suitable for baking.
If cookie recipe calls for shortening but there's none available What is a safe alternative?
You can use butter or margarine, but there will be a difference in the way your cookies turn out. Butter has a lower melting temperature than shortening. Therefore, cookies make with butter or margarine will be very flat, whereas cookies made with shortening will be thicker and more cakey.
