Chemistry in the Kitchen Spring 2023
Scientific Food Blogs by Dickinson Students
Even a simple muffin recipe has an enormous amount of science involved. Click here to learn the chemistry occurring in this muffin recipe. This recipe can be varied by using different leavening agents. Click here for a summary using different leavening agents. (Clicking this link leads to an external website. You will need to use …
Popovers are a type of quick roll composed of milk, eggs, flour, melted butter, and salt. The specific recipe I am researching comes from Cooking for Geeks, page 239. (All pictures taken by me.)
Of the many possible alterations to the gingerbread cookie recipe, I focused on the effects of baking powder vs. baking soda, the impact of a decreased baking temperature, and the consequences of removing molasses from the recipe. Before breaking down the effects of the various alterations, we will first look at the impact each ingredient …
Click here to see the Time and Activity Chart for the Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies and Differing Baking Times Introduction/Background Information: Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of the most iconic American desserts. Many individuals have fond memories from their childhoods eating chocolate chip cookies and milk, an infamous combination that some consider …
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and there is no better way to kickstart your day than a fresh stack of fluffy buttermilk pancakes. As a kid, one of my favorite traditions growing up was waking up to the smell of freshly baked pancakes every Saturday morning. This recipe makes 12 golden …
These Cranberry Orange Scones will change your life. They are delightfully sweet without being overly so and are perfect for breakfast through dessert. This recipe makes a total of about 8 scones. They have a sweet orange sugar glaze that is to be drizzled over the still-warm scones.
We consider whole milk to be the default milk; in baking, in coffee, in drinking straight, if you are brave enough to do so. For our recipe we wanted to take a classic comfort food and slightly alter one ingredient: milk! Would changing the recipe from including whole milk to using soy milk have any …
Banana Muffins…mhm how delicious, so many to chose from where do I even start. So many different recipes to chose from that we can’t even find the best one. Well after diving deep into the internet we decided a choose a recipe that we trusted to use. We didn’t just stop there we also found …
Brownies are a classic dessert loved by many people. They’re delicious, chewy, and have an intense, rich chocolate taste. The dense but fluffy chocolate bars are a nostalgic dessert for many and are very easy to bake. One thing that divides people, however, is whether they prefer their brownies to be more fudgy …
This recipe is more complicated than it appears. Click here to learn about the chemistry. A potential way to change the recipe is by replacing the egg. Click here to learn more.
Cheesecake is a beloved dessert that has been enjoyed for centuries, featuring a rich, velvety filling made primarily from cream cheese, sugar, and eggs, nestled atop a crumbly crust often made from crushed graham crackers, cookies, or pastry. The recipe below is for 16 servings, but as a cheesecake, can get sliced in different sizes.
Anyone who’s been to a mall has enjoyed their fair share of Wetzel’s Pretzels and Auntie Anne’s, but are their delicious pretzels feasible to make at home? Today we will be showing how you can scientifically make pretzels that will leave you with no crumbs. But before we can do that, we need to define …