Pikelets - Home economics

This week in cooking we had made pikelets, these are like tiny pancakes but more work is made into it. These were very easy, this week was the first time we had used the pan. Here is the recipe, method, sensory evaluation, conclusion and photos:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of plain flour
• 1t Baking powder
• 1/4 t salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup Milk

Method:

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl
2. In a separate bowl beat the egg and sugar with a whisk until pale and thick
3. Add the egg mixture and the milk to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
4. Gently heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add or brush with a little melted butter. Drop tablespoons of the batter from the point of the spoon onto the surface
5. When bubbles start to burst on the top of the pikelets, turn them over and cook the second side until golden
6. Place on a cooling rack (baking paper over it)
7. Serve with a sweet-savoury topping

Sensory evaluation: These pikelets were amazing. They were soft and warm in the inside and the outside was nice and crispy. The look of them was amazing, they were golden brown on the outside and the inside was brown.

Conclusion: This week I had the same team as last week but had 1 different person, I had arrived early so that we can finish early and get it done quickly. We worked really well and had communicated well, we took turns when our arms were getting sore while whisking, took turns on cooking the pikelets and talked on who was getting what ingredients. Amazingly we had got the work done and the pikelets went well. 

Here are the photos of making the pikelets:

                                       

                                                              Here is the Mise en place

                                             

                                                              Greasing the pan with butter

flipping over the pikelets

Home economics - Chocolate chip cookies

Hello,

Today in home economics we had been baking chocolate chip cookies. This was super easy and quick. Here is the recipe for the cookies:

Ingredients:

100g butter

1/2 cup Chelsea white sugar

1/2 cup Chelsea soft brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 cup flour

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup chocolate chip

Method:

1. Softened butter, and add both sugars and cream these together. Beat in the eggs and vanilla then mix in the dry ingredients
2. Roll the dough into medium-sized balls, making sure the mixture is not too wet. Put on a well-greased baking tray.
3. They shouldn't spread too much so flatten slightly. Bake at 180℃ for 8-10 mins

Tip: You can easily half this recipe. Or roll half into a log, wrap in cling wrap and freeze. Cut into 15 pieces while still frozen and bake.

Sensory evaluation: The taste of the cookies were really good, they tasted a bit bland but they were very soft and warm. When I let them cool a bit they were a bit hard but had tasted a bit better and I could taste the vanilla.

Conclusion: I had come early to class so I could be back with my original group, we had already had our ingredient ready and started straight away. This was an easy recipe, especially with 4 people. We each got into roles without even talking and had already got the dough ready. Then we chose who was checking on the cookies so they wouldn't get burnt. So, in conclusion, my group had worked really well and the cookies had turned out awesome.

Here are some photos through our making of the cookies:

                                                  Here are all the ingredients 

 

                                       Here are all the ingredients mixed together 

                                         

                                                        This is the dough on the baking paper

The dough in the oven getting cooked

Here are the finished cookies!

Cookies

Hey, guys so this week in home economics we got to make chocolate chip cookies. So we had prepared the dough on Tuesday then on Friday we go them prepared for the oven. My partner was Alliah.

When we had weighed the dough on Friday it was 404g. Then we had to do maths, what we had to do was get 404 and then divided it by 12 so we got 33g but our teacher told us to weigh each cookie as 34g. So we had divided the dough evenly then made sure they all weighed the same. We had to make 12 cookies so that is why we had to divide 404g by 12.

Then we put the cookies on the tray that had a cooking paper on than we used a fork and pressed down on them so they wouldn't roll off. The cookie that was the right amount we had to make a cross with the fork so we would know that it was the one that was perfect.

While the cookies were cooking Alliah and I started cleaning up so when the cookies were done we just had to wash the tray. We knew that the cookies were done because they were spread out and was golden. Once they were cooled Alliah went to measure the cookie to see if they weight had gone down and it did. The weight was 32g so it went down 2g.

They turned out so well and had tasted so delicious. The chocolate chips were melted when I tried it and it was soo good. Here they are:

Now because they are soo good I'm gonna go and have it with milk. Bye guys.