I forwarded "Cookies for Sara" to my family mailing list (as a reply to "Fishing") Even though one of my sisters has a housemate with multiple allergies, this is the only reply I've gotten so far:
>Surely a shortbread could be cobbled up with vegetable shortening. Don't >know about the non wheat flour, tho. Shortbread is just butter and flour >and sugar. Surely thy've thought of that , though. If they haven't, I've >got some rice flour, and could try it. Chocolate bits melted on >short bread is one of my favorite Xmas cookies.SAL Lard or suet would make much nicer cookies than "vegetable shortening". (I regard Crisco as an excellent hand cleaner that should never be taken internally.) Once upon a May, I had to make brownies and there was no butter in the house. I substituted hazelnut oil, and they came out *superb*. I imagine that walnut oil, which is easier to come by, would do as well, but it would be harder to detect under the chocolate. Sesame oil would clash with brownies, but might be nice in shortbread. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it sunny and warm and time to hang out the wash. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
