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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.

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What can shortening be replaced with when baking cookies?

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Can margerine be used in place of shortening in a cookie recipe?

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What is a suitable shortening substitute for baking?

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