Sarah, The short answer is that, yes, you can substitute butter for shortening in cookies. It will, however, change the texture and appearance of the end product. Because shortening is 100% fat and butter is roughly 85% fat and 15% water, cookies with butter in them tend to spread more during baking.
Usage: Yang is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Yang are in general originating from China, France, South Korea, United States of America.
As we started to discuss in class today, Gene Luen Yang used a number of stereotypical images of Chinese and Chinese Americanâs to create his character Chin-Kee. In his 2007 Printz Award Acceptance Speech, he states,