I came up as he was dishing the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet. I thought the dough did not seem quite right but I ignored that. In the oven they went and 9 minutes later this is what came out.
Turns out Stephen had to use eight tablespoons of butter and so he filled the tablespoon measure eight times, but the butter was heaped and not flat. He ended up with too much butter and the cookies were very thin and crispy and greasy.
This was a great chance to teach him about the importance of accuracy in measuring in baking and the impact of more fat in a recipe. It also gave me a chance for a math lesson as I had him figure out how many millilitres in eight tablespoons - he managed to figure it out, 120 ml. This is also half a cup.
I am still enjoying this homeschooling thing with Stephen and I will write some more about it soon and post it at this link.
3 comments:
If he's using way too much butter the only two options are teaching him to measure or sending him to France.
It's ok Stevie - I burnt the brownies just the other night.... and they came from a BOX.
Nice! Speaking of France, I remember when I was his age bringing home a recipe from school (French Immersion in Ontario) and trying to make it myself, with a bit of help from my Mom. The only problem was abbreviations in French:
1 C. => Une cuillere (= a tablespoon)
1 T. => Une tasse (=a cup)
You can guess how I reversed the measurements. Similar results to your son...
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