Has anyone tried substituting some of the butter with Crisco? I'm having an awful problem lately with my cookies. I posted before about them not rising and thinking the problem was baking powder. Two new cans later and still no answers. They are spreading and not rising and I'm not doing anything different. Strange. Read about adding Crisco in place of some of the butter for cookies that spread too much. Wondered if anyone has tried that. I'm not excited about it, but if it solves my problem I'll deal with it and adjust the flavor accordingly.
Thanks for any suggestions!
I'm sure this won't help much but I find that Crisco in my sugar cookie dough makes it spread like crazy. The cookie tastes delicious but you lose all your sharp edges and you get a blob of a cookie. This is using a different recipe other than the NFSC recipe.
Could it be too humid or something where you are? Can you blame it on the weather? It's been humid and damp here for a couple of weeks but I haven't baked in a while so I can't speak for that either. Just a thought.
HTH some!
Jen
I think that Crisco works terrific in the no fail recipe. I've used it often. Actually, cookies spread less when Crisco is used. Butter melts alot quicker. Crisco gives it a little extra crunch as well. Many times I use 1 cup Crisco & 1 cup butter for my recipe.
Strange. Yesterday's and today's cookies seemed okay. I did get new baking sheets for my birthday, froze my cookies overnight, and got a new stove (new to us anyway) that is probably more accurate. Maybe one of those things helped. LOL! I might give the Crisco a try just to see the difference........after I finish this order of 14-1/2 dozen cookies due Saturday!
whew- that's a lot of new stuff! Have fun with all of that!
If you do use Crisco - don't replace the entire amount of butter with it. Only a portion of it. Like I said earlier - sometimes I use 1 cup of Crisco & 1 of butter. Another time I might use 3 sticks of butter & 1/2 cup Crisco but I never replace the entire amount. Real butter adds such delicious flavor that you cannot replace with any extract. Good luck.
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