Can you use lard and shortening together in cookies?
Shortening is the lesser of two evils as an ingredient in
cookies. It is an acceptable, but not desirable, substitute. Taste
and texture are sub-optimum. Lard tends to give cookies an unusual
texture, too flaky. Even cutting lard with shortening will not help
greatly. However, butter is by far the ideal ingredient to supply
the fat in cookies.