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Making raisin and banana cookies

I can use food skills to make raisin and banana cookies.

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Making raisin and banana cookies

I can use food skills to make raisin and banana cookies.

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Key learning points

  1. Cookies date back to 7th century Persia (now Iran), and were used by bakers to test the temperature of the oven.
  2. Cookies contain fat (e.g. baking spread) and sugar, so should be eaten in small amounts.
  3. The food skills used to make raisin and banana cookies are measuring, mixing, mashing, dividing and using the oven.
  4. The cookies need to be the same size, for even cooking. If smaller, they will burn, if bigger, they will be undercooked.

Keywords

  • Cookies - a soft and chewy type of baked biscuit

  • Mashing - to crush a food to a soft paste

  • Creaming - to mix fat (baking spread) and sugar together to add air

  • Dividing - to separate a mixture, often into equal quantities

Common misconception

You can bake cookies of different sizes on the same tray, making a bigger one for yourself.

The cookies need to be the same size, for even cooking. If smaller, they will burn, if bigger, they will be undercooked.


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Pre-line the baking trays with greaseproof paper. This saves time in the lesson, allows you to write the pupils name on the paper (to identify it when being baked) and saves washing-up.
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Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

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Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment
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Adult supervision required

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Where would these dishes be cooked on a cooker?
Correct Answer:stir-fried tofu and vegetables,hob
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hob

Correct Answer:lamb and veggie kebabs,grill
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grill

Correct Answer:soda bread,oven
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oven

Q2.
What are these pieces of equipment used for?
An image in a quiz
rubbing-in
draining
Correct answer: whisking
sieving
Q3.
True or false? We do not need to wear an apron when cooking.
True
Correct answer: False
Q4.
Match the ingredients to their origin:
Correct Answer:milk and dairy foods, e.g. yogurt,dairy cow
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dairy cow

Correct Answer:plain and wholemeal flour,wheat
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wheat

Correct Answer:boiled egg and an omelette,chicken
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chicken

Correct Answer:popcorn and corn-on-the-cob,sweetcorn
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sweetcorn

Q5.
A recipe has three main parts. What are they?
Correct answer: ingredients
storage
Correct answer: method
serving suggestion
Correct answer: equipment
Q6.
When using a knife or using the cooker, we need to work to prevent accidents.
Correct Answer: safely, safe

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Cookies date back to the 7th century.
Correct answer: True
False
Q2.
Match the following:
Correct Answer:vegetable oil is pressed from ...,seeds or nuts
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seeds or nuts

Correct Answer:raisins are ...,dried grapes
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dried grapes

Correct Answer:self-raising flour helps ...,the cookies to rise
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the cookies to rise

Correct Answer:bananas are,grown on a plant
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grown on a plant

Correct Answer:sugar is made from,sugar beet or sugar cane
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sugar beet or sugar cane

Q3.
Foods containing fat and sugar should be eaten …
often and in large amounts.
Correct answer: occasionally and in small amounts.
often and in small amounts.
Q4.
True or false? Cookies can be baked in different sizes on the same tray - some big, some small.
True
Correct answer: False
Q5.
Put this cookie recipe into the correct order:
1 - First, cream the baking fat and sugar.
2 - Peel and mash the banana.
3 - Mix all the ingredients together.
4 - Divide the mixture into six equal amounts.
5 - Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
6 - Cool on a cooling rack.

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