>Hi there everyone.  I am not a cook.  I would very much like to know if
>safflower oil can be substituted in a recipe calling for butter. Someone
>on the Celiac list posted a lovely recipe for gluten free sugar cookies.
>I would very much like to be able to make cookies like this, but they
>call for butter.  I also am soy free, so I can't substitute Crisco
>Shortening or margarine.  Do I have options?  Any ideas how to make the
>recipe work?  Thank you so much for your help.

Mother's makes a dairy-free soy-free margarine that is
cottonseed-oil-based.  Very, very bad for you, but....  Our grocery
store stocks it with the "Jewish" foods rather than the other
margarines.  It is Kosher for Passover (soy and corn are not) and
Parve.

--Robyn