Cooking Methods
This dry-heat method is used to cook pizza and cookies.
What is baking?
How many tablespoons are in 1/2 cup of butter?
What is 8 tablespoons?
Mixing butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
What is creaming?
Your cookies are flat—name one possible reason.
Butter too soft/melted OR too much sugar
This ingredient helps dough rise.
What is yeast?
This moist-heat method uses bubbling liquid at a high temperature.
What is boiling?
How many tablespoons are in 1 cup?
What is 16 tablespoons?
Gently combine ingredients without overmixing.
What is folding?
Your soup is too salty—what can you do?
Add water, broth, or more ingredients
What happens if you overmix cookie dough?
Cookies become tough
Cooking food just below boiling with small bubbles.
What is simmering?
Convert: 3/4 cup of butter into tablespoons
What is 12 tablespoons?
Cutting food into small cube-shaped pieces.
What is dicing?
Your dough didn’t rise—why?
Yeast was dead OR environment too cold
Why do we preheat the oven?
To ensure even cooking
Cooking quickly in a small amount of oil over medium-high heat.
What is sautéing?
Why is accurate measuring important in baking?
Because it affects texture, structure, and outcome
Working dough to develop gluten.
What is kneading?
Your cookies burned on the bottom—cause?
Oven too hot OR pan too dark
What is the role of butter in baking?
Adds flavor, moisture, texture
Why would you simmer soup instead of boiling it?
To prevent overcooking, improve flavor, and keep texture intact
You only have a tablespoon—how do you measure 1/4 cup?
What is 4 tablespoons?
Why is whisking different from stirring?
Whisking incorporates air; stirring just combines
Pizza crust is too tough—what went wrong?
Overworked dough OR too much flour
Why should ingredients sometimes be at room temperature?
They mix more evenly and improve texture