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Lard in cookies

Angela Knipple

By Angela Knipple
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Snadra

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Funny, I was just speaking to someone about making lard cookies!

I haven't made gingerbread cutouts in a few years, but I usually follow my mother's lead and use 100% lard. The recipe I use (which I cannot find at the moment) calls for heating the molasses then melting the lard in it. The dough is mixed by hand (it's quite soft so it's easy) and chilled before rolling out.

They're quite crisp, and sturdier than versions I've made with butter. I've never experimented with a mix of lard & butter though, and it will be interesting to see what others have found.

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andiesenji

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They will spread more if you substitute butter for some of the lard. They will also not remain crisp for very long.

"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!" Terry Pratchett

 

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