Science of Cooking

Ava Perryman 7th period

Hypothesis:

In this experiment, I baked two batches of cookies. One had no chocolate chips and 1 ⅛ cups of flour, the other had chocolate chips and 1 ⅜ cups of flour. I think the one with more flour and chocolate chips will taste better because the cookies will rise better.

Materials Used:

Ingredients:

• Salted butter

• Dark brown sugar

• Granulated sugar

• Eggs

• Vanilla extract

• All-purpose flour

• Baking soda

• Salt

• Chocolate chips

Materials:

• Stand mixer

• Measuring cups

• Measuring spoons

• Cookie sheet

• Pam cooking spray

• Baking bowls

  
  

  

  

  

  

  Procedure:

  1. I identified the independent variable, dependent variable, controlled variable, and constant variable.

  2. I researched the effect of adding more flour to cookies.

     

     

  3. Take pictures throughout the process of making the cookies

  4. I baked two different batches of cookies one with no chocolate chips and 1 ⅛ cups of flour and the other with chocolate chips and 1 ⅜ cups of flower.

  5. I took a picture of the final product.

  6. I tested the final products with my family and judged them based on taste, texture, smell, etc.

Struggles/worries

• I was worried the ones with more flour wouldn’t rise right

  
  

• I struggled with the amount of flour i should add

  
  

• I struggled with the amount of chocolate chips to add

Variables:

Independent variable:

The two different amount of variables

• 1 ⅛ cups of flour

• 1 ⅜ cups of flour

  The two different batches

• One with chocolate chips

• One without chocolate chips

  Dependent variable:

• Taste

• Texture

• Color

• Smell

• Quality

• How they stay together

  Control - original recipe

• ½ cup dark brown sugar

• ¼ cup granulated sugar

• ¼ cup salted butter

• 1 egg

• ¾ teaspoon vanilla

• 1 ⅛ cup all-purpose flour

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• ¼ teaspoon salt

  Constant variable:

• Dark brown sugar

• Granulated sugar

• Salted butter

• Eggs

• Vanilla extract

• Baking soda

• Salt

Graph:

I had my family try both cookies and tell me which they liked better, based on the taste. As the graph say, they liked the cookies with chocolate chips and more flour.

Conclusion & Review

Texture wise, the one with the original amount of flour was the fluffiest, softest cookie. They both held together very well. They both had a light golden color, but the one with the original amount of flour were a little more crispy. The one with chocolate chips smelled more like chocolate and the ones without smelled like vanilla. In conclusion, both cookies were very good, but the ones with chocolate chips tasted better. If you want the cookie with the best taste I’d choose the ones with chocolate chips. If you want the one with the best texture the ones without chocolate chips would be the best for you. I think the original recipe is the easiest one to make and is very good. Overall, from this experiment i you can see that flour plays a large part in how the recipe turns out.

Video of the process click the link below!

https://youtu.be/tKwwKrolSd4