Chemistry in the Kitchen Spring 2023
Scientific Food Blogs by Dickinson Students
This is the science behind the classic banana bread recipe! Banana bread uses many scientific principles. One of them is that it uses both baking soda and baking powder. The acidic counterpart to baking soda is the lemon juice that is added to the smashed bananas, because although bananas are technically acidic fruits, they are …
Crepes are considered as desserts but also as a dish itself and many people around the world are still discovering different ways to mix crepes with a lot of different ingredients. Crepes are a simple mixture of flour, eggs, milk, and butter. Basically, we are using an original pancake recipe with couple of changes in …
Popovers may be fairly simple to make, but the science behind them is still complex, and each ingredient serves all the more an important purpose because of how few there are. The main point of difference compared to other pastries is the leavening agent, steam, which makes popovers hollow and leaves large air pockets in …
Each ingredient in a recipe serves a purpose. Explained below is the role and purpose of each ingredient in the muffin recipe… Click here to return to the Muffins Recipe.