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!!!!

 

[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

 

[arabianequine]

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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...

I'm funny tonight huh? I thought it was anyways.

I really like sweet tea too....maybe I will make some.

Will you eat spinach or asparagus if it has lard in it?