Can I substitue olive oil for shortening when baking chocolate chip cookies?

If I substitute olive oil and the recipe calls for 1 cup of shortening... how much olive oil do I use? I'm baking chocolate chip cookies.Can I substitue olive oil for shortening when baking chocolate chip cookies?
No. It changes the flavorCan I substitue olive oil for shortening when baking chocolate chip cookies?
That would be yucky.


I use unsweetened applesauce instead of oil and you can't even tell.
';YES'; you can use olive oil. But you have to use a very good Virgin olive oil. It does not have the tangy taste that the regular olive oil has. About the amt of oil, when you melt down the shortening it should equal the same amt of liquid. If you want to use margarine or butter in place of the shortening that would be even better. Hope this helped.
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Use butter or margerine. Butter is the best, but if you used oil, it would be a total mess, and olive oil would make them taste funky.
No absolutely not. Olive oil has it's own distinct flavor and it is not at all complimentary to cookies. If you need to substitute, use margarine or butter. Butter however will give cookies an unusual look but tastes good. And oil is not a substitute as you need the consistency of the shortening to ';hold'; the cookies together once they have cooled. Good luck.
Use butter
Oh hell no!!! You might as well use 10W30 Valvoline motor oil. Nobody will eat that, use vegetable oil.
You're going to ruin your cookies. Don't be lazy. Go to the store and get what you need!
ewwwww!!!!
No, they'll run all over your cookie sheet. You can substitue with butter or oleo, not the soft serve kind, but stick.
absolutelt not it will taste like a caesar salad
not in a reular recipe, BUT you can make cookies out of a cake mix by adding 1 egg and 3 T of oil. Bake the usual way at 350 for 8-10 minutes, whatever you do, don't overbake. The best kind is dark chocolate w/chocolate chips added. These aren't exactly gourmet, but work in a pinch.
DON'T USE OLIVE OIL IN COOKIES!!!


maybe another oil -- veg. oil or something -- but I'd stay away from oil if I were you --





Sub the shortening for butter or margarine if you need to.


1 cup shortening for 1 cup butter...
just try it, experiment, thats what all the great chefs do.
you will be looking at a disaster.
You can buy a shortening at the health food store or some groceries that is not hydrogenated. It is hard to substitute for it because it makes the cookie soft and chewy. Butter tends to make a cookie flat and crisp.I would loke for the non-hydrogenated shortening if you want to use that recipe :) Good Luck
I would not. I don't know if the cookies would turn out right and they would taste funny.
Save work - buy some at the shop.
I Wouldn't..they may taste funky..
No, only butter, margarine or shortening will work.
Same amount...


Good substitution..


Must be an old recipie...
NO! IT WILL NOT WORK!
I don't think you want to use olive oil in cookies.
sure if u like olive flavored cookies. i do yum
GROSS .. NO WAY.... that would taste HORRIBLE
No the cookies will not ocme out or be very oily or loose textured.
yuk
shortenning is too fatty
There is a girl at work who makes the BEST chocolate chip cookies and when I asked her what she did different she said she used OIL and not shortening or butter! I couldn't believe it, but she swears by it. It can't hurt to take half your batter and experiment! I've been meaning to try it myself. Seems like they would flatten out but hers were the perfect thickness. (VEG oil, not olive oil)
Olive oil flavored cookies sound a bit off to me, even if it technically would work.
ewww. No. Those would be some nasty tasting CC cookies.


Not only can you not use olive oil but no liquid oil will work properly unless the recipe calls for MELTED butter or shortening. You can, however, use stick butter or stick oleo.





Here are a few websites that provide common substitutions for cooking: