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> I tried this online Betty Crocker recipe that called for vegetable oil
> and I was stooopid enough to do it:
>
> Chocolate Crinkles:
>
> 1/2 cup vegetable oil
> 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
> 2 cups granulated sugar
> 2 teaspoons vanilla
> 4 eggs
> 2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
> 2 teaspoons baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 cup powdered sugar
>
> Well, it turned into a complete disaster. Once in the oven they
> turned into a super thin pancake. total waste of time. Who ever
> heard of using vegetable oil in a cookie recipe? It should be butter
> or shortening right?

Right. Not only would the texture be wrong, I can't imagine it would
taste good either.

Miche

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