Cookies and Biscuits

Start with the ingredients

A useful starting point is the mind map titled Cookies that looks at butter, water and egg. It describes changes in cookie dough as it gets hotter, including butter melting and the dough spreading. Use its branches to see how an ingredient connects to a change in the dough.

Next, open the note with the chocolate chip cookie method. It lists ingredients and begins with steps for preparing the mixture. The Chocolate Chip Cookies lab notes mind map also describes preparation, including combining ingredients and adding eggs. Compare the resources to see what each one includes.

Explore baking changes

The other mind map titled Cookies outlines changes involving butter, proteins, water and sugars as dough heats. Cookie chemistry discusses browning, while Food Science considers different cookie textures. These maps give you different ways to look at what happens during baking.

Read one branch at a time and connect it to the ingredients you saw in the first map. For example, look at the references to butter in both maps titled Cookies. You can also compare the descriptions of browning in Cookie chemistry and Food Science.

Use the quiz alongside the maps

The page also lists a quiz. Try reading its questions after studying a map, then return to the relevant branches where they help you check your understanding. Teachers can use the maps and note as material for looking at ingredients, methods and baking changes with students.

Place the topic in the unit

Cookies and Biscuits is a section of Baking Principles and Bread Making in Cooking and gastronomy. The resources on this page bring together practical preparation and descriptions of changes during baking. To continue studying this section, choose a resource and follow it with the quiz.