Culinary Arts & Nutrition 1
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Food For Thought
Discuss the biscuit vs. muffin method of mixing with your partner and fill out the Venn
diagram below depicting the similarities and differences between the two methods.
Biscuit
Muffin
How does Gluten play a factor in biscuit vs. muffin method of mixing?
Culinary Arts & Nutrition 1
Name:
Cookie Notes
Directions: With a partner, use the powerpoint slides to complete the guided notes sheet
regarding cookies.
Types of Cookies
Bar
Description/Definition
Drop
Cut-Out/Rolled
Molded
Pressed
Sliced (refrigerated)
Pan Preparation
1. Why don’t you need to grease a cookie sheet when baking most cookies?
2. What product can be used on a cookie sheet while baking for east clean up?
Oven Placement
Using the squares below as an oven, draw how a cookie sheet should be placed based on
the number of pans cooking in the oven.
One Pan
Two Pans
1. When cooking two pans in the oven at the same time, why do you think you should
switch the pans at half time.
Storage
1. Why should containers stay covered when storing cookies?
2. Why should you store different types of cookies in separate containers?
Conventional Method of Mixing
3. List the important terms one should know in order to properly prepare cooking
dough/batter:
1.
5.
2.
6.
3.
7.
4.
8.
4. All cookie dough and batters use the ________________________ method of mixing.
5. ____________ and ______________ are combined first. Sugar crystals “grate” against the
fat, creating ____________ that fill with __________. This builds ______________ into the
batter. Alternately adding __________ and ____________ ingredients reduces the need
for __________________ mixing, which contributes to a __________________ texture.
6. The types of ingredients make a difference. Give 3 examples of ingredients that can
sometimes be interchanged in a recipe.