Special Diet Biscuits

OTHER FATSMargarine:This won't produce the same flavour as butter but it isusually less expensive and can be used in the sameway. Block margarines are better for biscuit making,although soft tub margarine may be used forcreaming.White cooking fats:These are made from blended vegetable oils or amixture of vegetable and animal or fish oils.White fats are flavourless and create light, shorttexturedcookies. They work well in highly flavouredcookies, in which you wouldn't taste the butter.Lard is an opaque white fat made from rendered porkfat and features in some traditional biscuit recipes.