Unit 3: You Are What You Eat: Healthy Meal Planning
Question 18 • Nutrition and Wellness (IS)
Dylan’s grandmother sent him her chocolate chip cookie recipe so that he could replicate them at college. He reads over the recipe, which says that the ingredients must be mixed, spooned onto a baking sheet, and baked for 8 minutes in a 350° oven. Dylan gets to work…mixing the ingredients then spooning the dough. Then he turns on the oven and puts the cookies in, setting a timer for 8 minutes. When the timer goes off, Dylan’s cookies are nowhere near finished. Which statement BEST explains what likely happened?
Answer
A
Dylan didn’t preheat the oven before putting the dough in it.
B
Dylan put too much of a liquid ingredient in the cookie dough.
C
Dylan’s oven must have something wrong with it.
D
Dylan did not set the timer at the correct baking time.
Explanation
The recipe’s 8-minute baking time assumes the oven is already at 350°F when the cookies go in. Dylan put the cookies in before the oven had time to preheat, so they began baking at a lower temperature and were not done when the timer rang. Therefore, the best explanation is that he didn’t preheat the oven.
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