Chemistry in the Kitchen Spring 2021
Oh the science you will learn…
This was the simplest bread recipe I could find. I’ve always been a big fan of good bread, and I know from experience that it takes only a few ingredients to make a tasty loaf of bread. See Science of Bread Recipe Time and Activity Chart Recipe — Printable Version
The Science of Meringue! In our recipe, the first step (after preheating your oven and lining the baking sheets) is to separate the egg whites from the yolks and beat those whites. The egg whites are separated before beating because the yolk has fat in it, while the white is just …
Like all baked goods, the cupcakes need an acid to react with a base in order to create Carbon Dioxide. For Hidden Giant cupcakes the acid is White Vinegar, with an pH of 2.4, and the base Baking Soda with a pH of 8.3. Baking soda is a pretty common thing for someone to have …
Passionate and creative, that’s me. I have always had a fascination for baking and cookie making, but life has taken me in other academic directions… until now! Being a first-year student I discovered a class called Chemistry in the Kitchen. This class has taken me back in time and elevated my cooking knowledge. Now …
Hello fellow readers, bakers, and/or scientists, My name is Mary and I am a college student from Massachusetts. Ever since I was little, I’ve enjoyed baking. One of my favorite desserts to make are cookies, especially during the holiday season. From chocolate chips cookies to sugar cookies, I love them all and I love eating …
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Pancakes are a delicious way to kick start your day. Heres a quick and easy recipe, enjoy! See the Science of Buttermilk Pancakes recipe for more information! Time Activity Chart Recipe- Printable Version
The second task in our investigation was to adjust the amount of baking soda in our XXL Sugar Cookie recipe. You take the giant sugar cookie out of the oven and notice it’s soft and puffy like a cloud. There’s some color around the edges but the colorful sprinkles pop out against the mainly pale …
Below you can see a chart for a quick and easy Crepes recipe that we are going to talk about in our Blossom Recipe post. Leonid Kontorovskiy and Zuka Katsitadze Time and Activity chart Crepes
My name is Leonid Kontorovskiy (Lenny for short). I am currently an international freshman in Dickinson college. My homecountry is Russia. I have lived my whole life in Moscow (capital of Russia), but then decided to go to college in US in order to get better education than it is possible in Moscow, and just …