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How to make chocolate chip cookies

Jessica Nelson

Eng. Comp. 101-101

Mr. Neuburger

20 April 2013

Process Paper

How to make chocolate chip cookies

            To understand how to make the cookies we first must understand where they came from. The chocolate chip cookie was actually made by accident. In 1930, Ruth Wakefield wanted to make a chocolate butter cookie. She made food for her guests in the Toll House. She thought mixing a bar of semi-sweet chocolate in with the dough it would make the whole cookie chocolate. This did not happen the way she wanted to. The cookies were still okay so she served them to her guests anyways and they loved them.

            I obtained the recipe for chocolate chip cookies that I am going to tell you how to make from one of my mother’s friend Melanie Scott. It is so popular at our house that during Christmas they always beg me to make cookies and any other time they think that they might be able to convince me to bake them. Sometimes we even have to make two batches because it has become popular with friends and some outside family that they want some as well. We are no longer in contact with Melanie so I have taken the recipe and deemed it as my own.

Jessica’s Cookies

¾ C sugar

1 C brown sugar

1 C butter/ margarine

1 Tbs vanilla

2 eggs

3 C flour

¾ tsp baking soda

¾ tsp salt

1 bag of chips

You will need 1 large mixing bowl, aluminum foil or wax paper, mixer, silicone scraper, 1 nonstick cookie sheet, 2 spoons, 1 plastic spatula, measuring spoons, 2 hot pad holders, and measuring cups. Preheat oven to 375 F. Measure ¾ cup of sugar and pour into the large mixing bowl. Measure 1 cup of packed brown sugar (you should be able to make a “castle” when you put it into the bowl.) Put the 1 cup of brown sugar into the bowl. Either measure 1 cup of butter or use 2 whole sticks of margarine (it equals 1 cup). Measure 1 tablespoon of artificial vanilla and pour it into the bowl. Take out 2 eggs and crack the shell making sure not to get any of the shell into the bowl and put the yolk into the bowl. Mix all of the ingredients on low in the bowl with the mixer until it is all liquid. Take the mixer out of the bowl. Next, measure 1 cup of flour. When putting the measured flour into the bowl, be sure to spread it all out pretty evenly and not to put all of the flour in one area of the bowl. Mix the measured flour into the bowl on low until the flour is mixed thoroughly. If any flour is remaining on the sides of the bowl, take the silicone scraper and scrape along the inside until no flour is on the sides. Measure another cup of flour and also put that into the bowl and spread evenly. Mix the flour evenly on low. If any flour remains on the sides of the bowl be sure to scrape it off. Measure 1 last cup of flour and pour it into the bowl. Mix the cup of flour in the bowl on medium. If any flour is on the sides be sure to use your scraper to get it off. Take the mixer out of the bowl. Measure ¾ teaspoon of baking soda and put that into the bowl. Measure ¾ teaspoon of salt and put that into the bowl. Mix the ingredients on medium for about 15 seconds or until evenly mixed. Pour 1 bag of chocolate chips into the bowl. Mix the ingredients on high until chips are evenly distributed throughout the cookie dough. Remove the mixer and use your scraper to take off the cookie dough on the beaters. Use 2 regular sized spoons and scoop out a golf ball sized amount, and use the other spoon to scrape the dough onto your nonstick cookie sheet. Cookies should be placed about 1 inch apart. Place your cookies into the oven and wait for about 15 minutes or until light brown along the edges. For a soft cookie, bake until the dough is no longer shining and the edges of the cookie is a very light brown. Remove the cookies from the oven using your hot pad holders to hold the sheet and place the cookies on the stove top. Take either your aluminum foil or wax paper and roll out enough length to place all of the cookies on it. Use the hot pad holders to take your cookies over to where you will be placing them and scrape them off gently using your plastic spatula. Continue to make bake the cookies using the same technique until no cookie dough is left. Let cool for 20 minutes. Enjoy!

Works Cited

"The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies." Food History. N.p., 1998. Web. 20 Apr. 2013.

Jessica's Cookies

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Video Response

The video we watched was very emotional for me in the way that is devastating. It is one thing to see pictures and analyze what is happening in them but to see the people moving in a video and know and see what they are going through is another. I used to think that the Holocaust was a long time ago and that it wouldn't be affecting us today but I was wrong. It was a very short time ago to the point that my grandparents could be affected by it. The video showed how the poor survived in those times and how society looked like then. The rich were living quite well while they walked down the streets in their fur coats and nice hats passing by people who were starving to death on the streets. You would see people passed out on the streets because they had no where else to go. You would even see dead bodies on the streets. The people did not even know why they were filming they just acted normal. The poor became so weak that they could not go downstairs to take out the trash so instead they just tossed it out the window and a giant pile of trash built up and other people would go through that to try to find anything to eat. The poor would walk around without shoes and had sores on their feet. They had no water to clean their clothes, or their bodies. They were so hungry they were not even concerned what they looked like or how they were dressed. The camera man that was being interviewed was not told what to film, he just filmed anything and he was not told why he was filming either. People who survived the Holocaust watched these films and even recognized some of the areas and the people that was filmed. People that were starving slowly to death were filmed with their deformed bodies and dirty faces. People walking on the streets would not even glance in their direction and walked right past them. It was very sad seeing all of this and how people could just let all of this go. People living in such filthy conditions with nothing they can do but try to survive. You also saw the insides of peoples homes with their family  crammed together all grouped in a doorway. The video makes me glad that I am living in the United States and do not have to suffer those living conditions. People that survived this are very strong and I respect them greatly. They were able to get through the worst conditions that to us are unimaginable and now they are thriving but still have to live on with the memory of the horrible torture they were put through and what others were put through. They have lost very close friends and family members but have gotten through and live happier and have learned that nothing is impossible.