On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Make your own:
>> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>> >
>> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.

If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
about? Texture and stability or flavor?

John Kuthe...