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Master a few techniques and learn some quick tips to turn out perfectly crispy, chewy, sweet cookies every time you bake.
- Soften Your Butter
The butter should be starting to soften but still be slightly cool to the touch (it shouldn't feel like it's melting at all).
2. Creaming Butter
2. Creaming Butter
Start with butter that's softened and use a mixer to beat in the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
3. Measure Your Flour Correctly
3. Measure Your Flour Correctly
For the most accurate flour measurement, spoon it lightly into a dry measuring cup, then level it off with a knife.
4. Line Your Pans with Parchment Paper
4. Line Your Pans with Parchment Paper
Or silicone mats is a simple step that really pays off. The paper or mat acts as a layer of insulation between the cookies and the direct heat of the baking sheet, which helps keep cookies from spreading any more than you want.
5. Adding eggs one at a time
5. Adding eggs one at a time
To the creamed butter and sugar. Like any other wet ingredient, eggs added all at once won't emulsify properly with the fat in the butter.
6. Add Flour or Dry Ingredients in Batches
6. Add Flour or Dry Ingredients in Batches
The more the flour and liquid are mixed, the more gluten will develop, creating a dense cookie. Adding the flour in batches also ensures the dry ingredients get evenly dispersed.
7. Fold in Chocolate Chips by Hand
7. Fold in Chocolate Chips by Hand
And other cookie add-ins, in by hand reduces the chance of overmixing the dough, which can result in a tougher cookie.
8. Space Cookies Evenly on Baking Sheet
8. Space Cookies Evenly on Baking Sheet
Far enough apart on the sheets so that they don't spread into each other as they bake. Usually, this means about 2 inches apart.
9. Use an Ice Cream Scooper to Measure Out Dough
9. Use an Ice Cream Scooper to Measure Out Dough
An ice cream scoop portions out the cookie dough in a uniform shape and size, ensuring the cookies will bake evenly.
10. Let Cookies Sit Before Moving
10. Let Cookies Sit Before Moving
Let the cookies rest on the baking sheets for 2 to 3 minutes. This lets them cool just enough so that they won't break when you slide them onto a spatula to move to a rack.
11. Use a Cooling Rack
11. Use a Cooling Rack
Cooling racks allow air to circulate evenly on all sides of the cookie, preventing them from getting soggy.
12. Use a Ruler to Cut Uniformly Sized Bars
12. Use a Ruler to Cut Uniformly Sized Bars
Cut perfectly even, straight brownies or sugar cookies. Hold the ruler vertically on your work surface to make sure your cookie dough is the right thickness.
LEARNING VIDEO
Butter Cookies (Dropped)
Butter Cookies (Dropped)
LEARNING ACTIVITY 3
Firming up: “Warm up”
Direction:
Answer the following questions asked.
Add your answers on the link provided below and carefully read the directions
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Learning Exercise: “Multiple Choice”
Direction:
Choose the best answer.
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Performance Task: “Get Skilled”
Cookie Making
Directions:
Group yourselves into 3 and make at least a (3 minute) video of making cookies. Here is a sample video with the ingredients and the procedure provided.
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