Oh pshaw, on Sun 23 Dec 2007 09:19:02p, Miche meant to say...

> In article
> >,
> " > wrote:
>
>> 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
>

I can't speak for this recipe, but there are certain types of oatmeal
cookies that can only be made properly withi oil.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Sunday, December 23rd,2007

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