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If cookie recipe calls for shortening but there's none available What is a safe alternative?
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∙ 14y ago
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.
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