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Show Soft cookies contain fat If you are trying to control the fat in your diet, watch out for commercial commer-cial soft-style cookies. "Softer texture means extra fat, and in commercially made cookies probably also means extra cholesterol," choles-terol," said Georgia Lauritzen, Utah State University Extension foods and nutrition specialist. For example, Lauritzen said, the percentage of calories from fat in soft-style peanut butter cookies is almost twice as high as in gingers-naps. gingers-naps. The type of fat used is more likely like-ly to be less than the best for your health, she added. Commercially made cookies prepared with vegetable shortening shorten-ing are cholesterol-free. However, cookie manufacturers like to use coconut and palm oils because they are usually cheaper and more buttery but-tery tasting. Lauritzen said these oils are highly saturated and therefore there-fore may contribute to cholesterol buildup. |