2006-12-23 11:07:06 · 15 answers · asked by Lori 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Absolutely. I do that all the time. I don't use shortening because of the transfats, so butter works great. The main thing to keep in mind is if you use salted butter, you may want to cut back just a pinch on the salt in your recipe.
2006-12-23 11:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, typically whenever a recipe calls for shortening, butter can be used as a replacement. I have always used butter in cookies rather than shortening. Your cookies will probably taste better with the butter.
2006-12-23 19:09:30 · answer #2 · answered by maggiepirsq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally I use butter in all my cookies but in Peanutbutter cookies I go 1/2 butter and 1/2 vegetable shortening. All butter in them seems to make mine spread out too much.
2006-12-23 19:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by lccg895 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! In fact I PREFER butter to shortening because it melts at blood temperature - hence 'melt in your mouth'. Shortening melts at a higher temperature, so a room temperature cookie might leave you with a greasy feeling on the roof of your mouth.
2006-12-23 19:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use butter instead of shortening in most baking. I like to use half of each.
2006-12-23 19:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely - I do not us anything but butter.
2006-12-23 19:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by cptkmwallman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can,but use sweet butter.
2006-12-23 19:08:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-12-23 19:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-23 19:08:01 · answer #9 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya, i think you're safe. i do it all the time if we don't have shortning
2006-12-23 19:09:12 · answer #10 · answered by Marie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋