American recipes

[thatman]

Thinking about baking cookies but all the recipes call for shortening. What is it?

[warpig3]

Cookeen will do the job apparently (do they still make it though?)

[warpig3]

Oops, was trying to post a link but it didn't work. If you go to wikipedia and type in shortening it will give you all the info you need.

[regulators]

just use butter

[Clanad]

A minor word of caution when substituting other fat products (butter, margarine, liquid oils) for shortening... shortening contains no water so, if you substitute shortening for butter, for example, be sure to add about 2 teaspoons of water per 1/3 cup of the butter required. So, if substitutiing butter for shortening, use about 2 teaspoons additional butter per 1/3 cup of the required shorteneing... not a lot, but enough to make a difference in many recipes. Additionally, butter has a lower melting point so, in certain recipes it can burn... shortening also produces a flakier, lighter product. Please understand, butter and some other fats are certainly acceptable as substitutes, but there will be noticeable changes in the fininshed product... Here in the U.S. the shortening of choice seems to be Crisco, although many others are available... Best of luck! (Hi, warpig3, long time!)...

[warpig3]

Hi clanad, long time indeed! Hope all is well.

[Clanad]

Finer'n frog hair warpig3...

[thatman]

Thank you , may try cookeen, or butter mmmmm