Follow a recipe in order to prepare and bake a cookie.

Performance Prompt #2:

For this task, you will use your knowledge of food safety standards and kitchen equipment, as well as your ability to follow along with a recipe, to successfully bake a cookie. You are to prepare the baking area, gather the necessary ingredients, measure and compile them as the recipe describes, and bake them for the correct amount of time in order to bake these cookies. After baking the cookies, you will self-assess your experience to find areas for improve for next time.

Materials and Timeline:

You will only use materials required by the recipe, as well as the necessary kitchen equipment. You will prepare and bake the cookies in the span of one class period. The self-assessment will occur after the class period has ended for homework.

Evaluation Criteria:

You will assess yourself on the following criteria:

-              Ability to follow food safety standards.

-              Efficiency

-              Accuracy

-              Quality of product

A cookie is a product made from using proper food safety standards, specific ingredients, and proper tools and techniques. For this task, you are to use your knowledge and understanding of how to use a recipe and safely conduct baking in a kitchen to make and bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies. You will demonstrate your ability to follow the food safety standards in the kitchen and precise reading of a recipe through an analysis of the product created. 

Materials and Timeline

Use only material provided in class. 

• Flour

• Granulated Sugar

• Brown Sugar

• Salt

• Baking Powder

• Vanilla

• Egg

• Butter 

• Whisk

• Bowl

• Cookie sheet

• Spatula 

• Wooden spoon

• Measuring cups

• Measuring Spoons 

• Gloves

• Oven

• Oven mitts

You will have 1.5 hours to prepare your workspace, make the dough, bake the cookies, and clean up your workspace.

Evaluation Criteria

Your performance will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Adherence to the food safety standards. 

• Precision in following a recipe. 

• Creativity in the finished product. 

On this assignment you will be graded on demonstrating preparedness, creativity, precision, and adherence to all safety standards when making a cookie. You will be responsible for following a recipe and using the correct tools to measure out ingredients. You will adhere to food safety standards by washing your hands and using proper health code procedures.