Three Chips for Sister Marsha Good Eats Alton Brown Episode Guide Cookie Baking
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Learn, practice, and apply baking chemistry with the Good Eats episode Three Chips for Sister Marsha (Season 3, Episode 5). Alton Brown takes a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe and applies food science principles to make three versions: Puffy, chewy, or thin.
This video worksheet guides students through the episode to record how changes to a recipe affect the finished baked good. Recipe links for the episode are included and a lab experience to follow is highly recommended.
Topics covered
- The role of gluten in baked goods and which flours have higher gluten content
- Different options for fat in cookies
- The role of egg yolks and egg whites in cookies
- The difference between brown sugar and granulated sugar and how it affects the outcome of a cookie
- Different options for leavening agents in baking cookies
- General principles for changing a cookie recipe to suit individual tastes
Where to watch Good Eats with Alton Brown online
Links are included to purchase and stream Good Eats online from Amazon and Youtube for $1.99
What's included?
- Facilitator guide with links to purchase and stream the episode online and a suggested outline for the student notes
- Student notes
- Teacher's key
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