"K. Reece" > wrote in message
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>> George wrote:
>>> Lewis Dodd wrote:
>>> > What ingredient makes cookies soft and chewy, like the special
>> chocolate
>>> > chip cookies?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but
>> how well
>>> > you bounce.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> The higher the fat content the softer and longer lasting they become.
>>
>> Well, maybe, but not in my experience. My cookies made with butter as
>> the shortening are always crispier and harder than my cookies made with
>> oleo. Vegetable shortening would probably work the same as oleo, but I
>> never use it.
>>
>> I prefer the butter ones myself, but my family likes them softer.
>>
>> N.
>>
>
> My experience is the opposite. I make soft and chewy chocolate chip
> cookies with butter.

Since fat shortens (as in shortbread/crumbly), I would suspect egg is the
ingredient you are missing.

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