can i use lard in cookies instead of shortening??

[Taylor]

i have a peanut butter cookie recipe and it calls for 1/2 cup shortening, but at the store i bought lard instead of shortening, can i use it, will it change the flavor any???? thank-you!!!!

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

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Yes, it will taste better but of course, you are likely to kick the bucket with a heart attack after eating the cookies. LOL I say this tongue in cheek as my family used lard all their lives and my grandpa lived to 93 and my granny is still moving well at 86 or 87... The difference is they worked day in and day out planting, weeding, hoeing and picking cotton. We don't move around that much...

But as far as the cookies are concerned... they will be a little heavier but otherwise not much difference.

 

[Katy]

I'd substitute butter instead. I use lard in my pie crusts but haven't used it in cookies.

 

[Desert Rooster]

Im no baking expert, but i belive shortening would be the proper ingredient for baking cookies, not lard

 

[Katy]

Lard is what they used before Crisco came along so I bet it would be fine........I just prefer to use butter in my cookies.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Well, I'm from the South and not a cook, but I think lard works to improve anything.

 

[arabianequine]

I would not....I would not want my cookies tasting like bacon or anything.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

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Lard doesn't taste like bacon! It's like a food group all it's own.

Sweet tea is about the only thing in the south I can think of it's not used in...

 

[HLAC]

Go ahead and use it.

Lard won't make your cookies taste like bacon any more than it makes pie crusts taste like bacon.

Butter would be a good substitute too.

 

[hennyannie]

I thought they outlawed lard. Thats what my mother-in-law told me. Where can I buy some! LOL