This morning when you woke up you decided you really wanted some chocolate chip cookies. The problem is your recipe makes 4 dozen and that's just too many cookies.
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What Should You do?
[[Multiply all of the ingredients by 2]]
[[Multiply all of the ingredients by 1/2]]
[[Give up and go back to bed]]8 dozen cookies!??! That's a lot of cookies for someone who only wants a few...
Try again!
[[MMultiply all of the ingredients by 1/2]]
[[Give up and go back to bed]] This will make 24 cookies. That sounds like the perfect amount!
You should always write the adjusted ingredients and instructions on the recipe before you begin so you don't forget to make changes.
Do you want to start by adjusting ingredients or instructions?
[[Ingredients]]
[[Baking instructions]]That's just silly. You can't bake cookies in bed.
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[[Multiply all of the ingredients by 2]]
[[Multiply all of the ingredients by 1/2]] Your recipe calls for 1 cup brown sugar. How much brown sugar do you need for 1/2 of your recipe?
[[2 cups]]
[[1/2 cup]]Your cookies are going to be very very sweet. They will probably melt down like soup on the cookie sheet too :(
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[[1/2 cup]] That's exactly right! Your recipe requires 1/2 cup brown sugar
[[Now on to flour]]
Your recipe calls for 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour. How much flour do you need when you cut your recipe in half?
[[3 cups flour]]
[[1 1/8 cup flour]]
[[1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour]]Sure, if you like eating bricks. This much flour will make very hard and crumbly cookies.
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[[1 1/8 cup flour]]
[[1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour]] Close! but 1/8 cup is not a measurable amount. Our measuring cups do not come with a 1/8 cup measure. You will need to consider another way to measure 1/8 cup.
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[[3 cups flour]]
[[1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour]] Exactly right. You will need 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour for this recipe.
[[Now let's adjust our egg measurement.]]Your recipe calls for 3 eggs. How many should you use for 1/2 the recipe?
[[3 eggs]]
[[2 eggs]]
[[1 1/2 eggs]]That's too much egg. When you cut a recipe in half you must cut back on the eggs used.
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[[2 eggs]]
[[1 1/2 eggs]] That's too much egg. Your cookies will be cakelike and not chewy.
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[[3 eggs]]
[[1 1/2 eggs]] That's exactly the right amount of egg. Remember you can measure 1/2 an egg by whisking a whole large egg in a bowl and measuring 1 1/2 Tablespoons of it.
Your next step is to adjust the baking instructions.
[[Baking instructions]]
If you already did that step then move on to mixing up your cookies.
[[Mixing]]Great! We'll start by adjusting the ingredients amounts.
[[Brown Sugar]] The temperature required on your recipe is 375 degrees Fahrenheit. What temperature should you use if you are cutting the recipe in half?
[[375 degrees F]]
[[187 degrees F]]Double-click this passage to edit it.Your recipe tells you to cream together the butter and sugar on medium speed for 5-7 minutes. How long should you cream them together when you cut the recipe in half?
[[5-7 minutes]]
[[2-4 minutes]]That's right! The baking temperature doesn't change because you are changing the number of cookies not the size of them.
[[What about the baking time?]]The temperature of the oven should remain at [[375 degrees F]] When a recipe is cut in half the baking temperature typcially stays the same. If your recipe tells you to bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes how will that change for when you cut the recipe in half?
[[The cookies will bake for 5-6 minutes]]
[[The baking time will not change]]Incorrect! The cookies will reduce in number but not in size so the baking time remains the same.
[[The baking time will not change]] Correct! The baking time remains the same because the size of the cookies does not change. We're just making fewer cookies!
Next you should adjust the ingredient amounts before you begin mixing.
[[Ingredients]]
If you have already adjusted the ingredients you can start mixing the cookie dough together.
[[Mixing]] Correct! The length of time needed for creaming ingredients together always stays the same. You need that time to create air pockets in the fat and sugar mixture.
Your recipe requires you to stir the chocolate chips in by hand. Why can't you use the mixer?
[[You can use the mixer. It's just a typo]]
[[The mixer breaks up the chocolate chips into little bits]]Incorrect. The length of time needed for creaming ingredients together always stays the same. You need that time to create air pockets in the fat and sugar mixture.
[[5-7 minutes]] Technically you can use the mixer but the chocolate chips will get broken up into little tiny bits and won't be as nice to eat.
[[The mixer breaks up the chocolate chips into little bits]] Right! Chocolate chip cookies are much nicer to eat than cookies with tiny bits of chocoalte throughout. It's all about the experience!\
You've figured it all out. Now let's see how a professional makes perfect chocolate chip cookies!
[[Cookies by a Pro]]
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