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?

JaKe
Seattle

> wrote in message
...
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?

JaKe
Seattle

Wrong. You did something else wrong.
Janet

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

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On Dec 23, 8:16 pm, "Janet B." > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
> 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?
>
> JaKe
> Seattle
>
> Wrong. You did something else wrong.
> Janet

Janet,

I challenge you to try it, I followed the recipe to a tee!

JaKe

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.

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Date: Sunday, December 23rd,2007

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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

"Janet B." > wrote in message
...
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> 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?
>
> JaKe
> Seattle
>
> Wrong. You did something else wrong.
> Janet
>

No, choc. crinkles are made w/ veg. oil. I just made a double batch and
they were perfect.

> wrote in message
...
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?

JaKe
Seattle

I forgot to add the link. this is the rec. that I use every year and they
are perfect every time.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocola...II/Detail.aspx

"Miche" > wrote in message
...
> 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
>

Made correctly they taste like a brownie.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocola...II/Detail.aspx

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:06:24 -0800 (PST), "
> 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.

My Betty Crocker cookbook doesn't have that recipe in it, but the
handwritten card I have calls for shortening. It's been years since I
made them... I'd probably use butter now.

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In article 4>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

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

I was referring to the recipe posted.

Miche

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One time on Usenet, " > said:

> 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=AE 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?

I thought "crinkles" were supposed to be paper thin, but it seems I
was wrong. Here's the same recipe with photo -- was your baking powder
past its prime, perhaps?

http://web.utk.edu/~dpealor/chocolatecrinkle.html

--
Jani in WA

Oh pshaw, on Sun 23 Dec 2007 10:39:44p, Miche meant to say...

> In article 4>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> I can't speak for this recipe, but there are certain types of oatmeal
>> cookies that can only be made properly withi oil.
>
> I was referring to the recipe posted.
>
> Miche
>

Okay, sorry. In another response to the OP, apparently there is another
recipe for chocolate crinkles that are made successfully with oil. I've
never seen them or made them myself.

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Date: Sunday, December 23rd,2007

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In article > ,
"Woolstitcher" > wrote:

> "Miche" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.

> >
>
> Made correctly they taste like a brownie.
> http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocola...II/Detail.aspx

I was referring to the recipe as posted.

Miche

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Here's a link to Chocolate Crinkle cookies that I was planning on making
today with my 6 year old. Your recipe sounds better though.

http://kidscooking.about.com/od/chri...klecookies.htm

Anyone know if I can substitute canola oil for the vegetable oil in your
recipe? All I have is canola and olive oil on hand.



Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, " > said:
>
>> 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=AE 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?
>
> I thought "crinkles" were supposed to be paper thin, but it seems I
> was wrong. Here's the same recipe with photo -- was your baking powder
> past its prime, perhaps?
>
> http://web.utk.edu/~dpealor/chocolatecrinkle.html
>

On Dec 23, 10:06 pm, " >
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?

I would make sure to use a vegetable oil that was fresh, and that I
like the taste of.
That rules out soybean, and pretty much rules out canola. While I
don't dislike corn oil, I don't think I want my cookies tasting of
it. So, I'd use peanut, or possibly sunflower if I had it around.
Walnut might be nice. Recipes that call for oil might be able to be
made with butter, but they might turn out--although better tasting--
not to have the right texture.

Under no circumstances should anyone use hydrogenated shortening, and
while the non-hydrogenated (usually palm oil) shortenings are not
unhealthy, and are fine to use in low concentrations, I'm not crazy
about the taste. I should add that the murderous capitalists who
manufacture hydrogenated fat containing products have taken to
labeling some of them, "Zero grams trans fat per serving." That's
because the government allows them to put that on there if it has less
than 0.5g PER SERVING. In other words, if the serving size was 1g,
and the product contained 0.499999999999999g of trans fat, guess
what? They could label it, "Zero grams trans fat per serving."
>
> JaKe
> Seattle

--Bryan

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On Dec 23, 8:16 pm, "Janet B." > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
> 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?
>
> JaKe
> Seattle
>
> Wrong. You did something else wrong.
> Janet

Janet,

I challenge you to try it, I followed the recipe to a tee!

JaKe

You've only listed the ingredients, not the specific directions to prepare
them and they are pretty important. I have similar recipes both with and
without chocolate that use vegetable oil and turn out just fine. In
addition to giving us the specific ingredients of your recipe, what was the
texture of the dough when you finished mixing? Was it warm, cool, soft,
runny, drippy, hard, cold, dry? What was the temperature of your kitchen?
How did you form the cookies? What size? Did you place them on warm cookie
sheets? We need all the details. Oh, and we also need to know exactly how
you measured ingredients and what size eggs you used.
Janet

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:31:53 -0500, Sharon V
> wrote:

>Anyone know if I can substitute canola oil for the vegetable oil in your
>recipe? All I have is canola and olive oil on hand.

Substitute Canola, you're fine.

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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:37:23 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo®"
> wrote:

>I would make sure to use a vegetable oil that was fresh, and that I
>like the taste of.
>That rules out soybean, and pretty much rules out canola.

Different strokes. I prefer canola over vegetable oil. It's cleaner
tasting and doesn't stink.

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On Dec 24, 9:13 am, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:37:23 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo®"
>
> > wrote:
> >I would make sure to use a vegetable oil that was fresh, and that I
> >like the taste of.
> >That rules out soybean, and pretty much rules out canola.
>
> Different strokes. I prefer canola over vegetable oil. It's cleaner
> tasting and doesn't stink.
>
That's basically what I said. "Vegetable oil" nearly always means soy
oil. Canola, I wrote, was "pretty much" ruled out, whereas soy was a
definite no-no. Some folks seem not to taste canola, others do.

--Bryan

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> I can't speak for this recipe, but there are certain types of oatmeal
> cookies that can only be made properly with oil.


I used to do a lot of cooking and baking for people on special diets. I
had a lot of recipes for cookies that used no dairy, no butter, no
hydrogenated shortening, and no eggs. That is, they used oil. Someone
might not like the taste, but the texture was fine, not thin as a pancake.


--Lia