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Bookswithtea
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Posted: Dec 03 2009 at 8:02am \| IP Logged

OK, here's the recipe (it was given to me as a double recipe by my mil) that my dh loves at Christmastime. Would you try the palm shortening, coconut oil or butter for this?

Velvet Cookies

3 c. powdered sugar
3 eggs
6 c. white flour
3 t. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 c shortening
6 T peanut butter
3/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder.

Its a small round cookie that has a really different texture. Its rolled in balls and dipped in sprinkles before baking.

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Olivia
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Posted: Dec 03 2009 at 9:28am \| IP Logged

I'm a bit confused. I do eat butter rather than margerine because it's natural but not fully clear about why margarine is worse. I tried to read up on it on google. I understand trans fats are bad but then I read this:

"When margarine was first introduced to the marketplace, it was loaded with trans fats. The trans fats were created through hydrogenation – the very process used to solidify liquid vegetable oil into a spread. Just like saturated fats, trans fats increase LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) and lower HDL cholesterol ("good" cholesterol). In recent years, food manufacturers and the general public began to realize the negative health effects of trans fats. As a result, manufacturers have created non-hydrogenated margarine, which is now widely available. Non-hydrogenated margarine contains no trans fat, and it's softer than the first-generation margarine stick. Instead of hydrogenating liquid vegetable oil, manufacturers now add a tiny amount of modified palm and palm kernel oil to enhance the spreadability of margarine, creating a soft margarine that's trans fatty acid free."

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