Preheat oven to 375
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| Cookie dough with Shortening |
Cream together.
1 c shortening 3 eggs
1 c white sugar 1 1/2 t vanilla
1 c brown sugar
Add
3 1/2 c flour 1 1/2 t baking soda in 1 T water
1 1/2 t salt
Mix together.
1 bag chocolate chips
Mix again!
Scoop out cookie onto a cookie sheet & bake for 8 1/2 minutes
(I have a convection oven so it cooks a little faster than a normal oven)
Batch #2
Cream together.
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| Cookie dough with beans |
1 c white sugar 3 eggs
1 c brown sugar 1 1/2 t vanilla
Add
4 c flour 1 1/2 t baking soda in 1 T water
1 1/2 t salt
Mix together.
1 bag chocolate chips
Mix again!
Scoop out cookie onto a cookie sheet & bake for 10 minutes
(I have a convection oven so it cooks a little faster than a normal oven)
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| Strained beans & rinsed with cold water |
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| Mashed beans with a potato masher added shortening |
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| Cookies on the LEFT are with BEANS! Cookie on the RIGHT are with SHORTENING |
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| Bean Cookies |
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| Shortening Cookies After I finished making both batches of cookies, I had cookies coming out of my ears. I first had my 4 year old try the BEAN cookies. He ate it and didn't say a thing except can I have another. 4 YEAR OLD APPROVED! Next I took some to my neighbor. They have a teenage boy and girl. I told the mom which cookies were with BEANS and which ones were without. I asked her to let me know what her teenagers thought of the cookies and it they could notice a difference. She told me that they didn't get very many because her husband ate most of them, but she did have them try a BEAN cookie and all the said was they thought they were a little moister and chewier. HUSBAND and TEENAGER APPROVED! Finally I had my mother in law try them. She told me that she preferred the BEAN cookies over the others. MOTHER IN LAW APPROVED! After 2 days, the BEAN cookies are still moist and taste like I baked them today, whereas the shortening cookies are starting to get a little dry. So my experiment has taught me that I will be using WHITE BEANS in place of Shortening, it will be much healthier for the whole family, (in a secret way), and it still taste the same if not better!! LIZ & MOTHER APPROVED! |
2 comments:
I totally just read a recipe like this but for brownies!! They look so yummy :) Love the new blog!
Cool. I did not know that beans and shortening were interchangeable. Looks like we'll be having more cookies at our house!
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