Cookie problems

[caseydog]

I have. They are just 8 half sticks instead of 4 full sticks. I bought some by mistake, too.

CD

Oooops... didn't read far enough before I posted my reply.

CD

 

[caseydog]

I never use anything except butter in all those cookies I bake.

For my chocolate-chip pecan cookies (that and cornbread are about all I bake), I use butter flavored Crisco. I get a better rise and crumb with that, than with anything else.

CD

 

[Andy M.]

I have seen butter left out on the counter get moldy, but only once. It actually happened a few months ago. I had it in a Tupperware type bowl. I wondered if the butter needs to breathe a bit, and the tight seal of the container caused the mold.

CD

On the contrary. It's airborne mold spores that causes that mold. I have a butter bell on my counter that holds ¼ Lb of butter at a time. It's sealed off from the surroundings buy an airlock created by an outer container with water in it.

 

[Kathleen]

Could the OP post her recipe along with what she used?