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tert in seattle

writes:
>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(R) 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?

that's not a recipe -- it's a list of ingredients

that being said, I've made vegan oatmeal-maple-nut cookies with only veg
oil and they were super delicious and not flat at all

I wouldn't make chocolate chip cookies without butter though -- that's
just stupid