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On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:56:55 -0800, (Judy Haffner)
wrote:

>
> Nancy wrote:
>
> >Real butter would make them crispier;
> > oleo would make them softer. I haven't
> > used Crisco in decades, so I don't know
> > what that result would be like. I use the
> > recipe on the Quaker Oats container if I
> > want more flat, crispy cookies. I use my
> > mom's oatmeal cookie recipe (with
> > raisins) if I want a puffier one. The QO
> > recipe is probably too sweet for some
> > people.
>
> I like the recipe off the Quaker Oats box, but prefer the one that use
> to be on the Mother's Oats box, and that is the one I posted here. I
> don't even think they have them anymore, but I remember as a kid, mom
> always let me dig the dish out that was in the box with the oats, and
> was always something different.
>
> There are some cookies that are best with all butter, such as cut out
> sugar cookies, Spritz, Shortbread, or any rich buttery cookie, but there
> are some I prefer using shortening in (my recipe calls for all
> shortening and I use nothing but butter flavored Crisco) but even some
> cookies are better with HALF butter and half shortening, so they don't
> spread out so much and get so crispy, which I don't care for in either
> peanut butter cookies (use all shortening in them also) chocolate chip
> cookies (use half butter and half shortening most of the time, as don't
> care for them with all butter) and also oatmeal. I like a chewier
> texture, I guess, and shortening achieves the 'right' degree of
> chewiness to my liking. I rarely use margarine for anything, as most
> never have it on hand.
>
> I think the Mother's Oat recipe is impossible to beat, and is the one my
> kids grew up on, and still enjoy to this day, as do the grandchildren
> now, even the ones that won't eat raisins by themselves, but will in the
> cookie!
>
>
I guess I have to buy some butter flavored Crisco then because that
ingredient seems to be the biggest difference between recipes that I
can see. I won't let it go to waste because my friend's 90 something
YO MIL makes the world's best pie crust and she claims she just
follows the recipe on her can of Crisco.

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