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5 Cookie Pro Tips from TED-Ed (and Science)

1. Cookies are for everyone. But everyone has cookie preferences. When you slide that cookie tray into the oven, you’re setting off a series of chemical reactions that transform one substance - dough - into another - cookies! The better you understand ‘Cookie Chemistry’, the better equipped you will be to create the cookies you crave.

2. Lots goes on in that oven, but one of science’s tastiest reactions occurs at 310º. Maillard reactions result when proteins and sugars breakdown and rearrange themselves into ring like structures which reflect light in a way that gives foods their distinctive, rich brown color. As this reaction occurs, it produces a range of flavor and aroma compounds, which also react with each other forming even more complex tastes and smells.

3. The final reaction to take place inside your cookie is caramelization and it occurs at 356º. Caramelization is what happens when sugar molecules breakdown under high heat, forming the sweet, nutty and slightly bitter flavor compounds that define…caramel! So if your recipe calls for a 350º oven - caramelization will never happen. 

So, if your ideal cookie is barely browned - 310º will do. But if you want a tanned, caramelized cookie, crank up the heat! Caramelization continues up to 390º degrees.

4. No need to check that oven like a fiend. You don’t even really need a kitchen timer - when you smell the nutty, toasty aromas of the Maillard reaction and caramelization, your cookies are ready! 

5. Baking is chemistry, friends! That’s right - PURE. SCIENCE. Check carefully before altering those recipes - chances are some of those ingredients and quantities are there for a reason.

Curious what else happens in that oven? Check out the TED-Ed Lesson  The chemistry of cookies - Stephanie Warren

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Fullmetal Alchemist 鋼の錬金術師 (2017)

Yamada Ryosuke as Edward Elric

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autumn🍂🍁🍂

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support your local space ladies

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So damn true

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Shouldn’t we hold out for the person who doesn’t just tolerate our little quirks, but actually kind of likes them?

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So damn true

Travelogue, Week 7

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“Could you teach us more about your country’s alchemy?”

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Then somebody is asking me: “How’s your PhD going on?”

Keep smiling.

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I hope it will work for my candidacy exam...

Tactical Denial

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This is golden

No contest.

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Hermione Granger by fridouw

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When it was announced that Noma Dumezweni would be Hermione in the new Harry Potter play ‘Cursed Child’ it instantly sparked my inspiration! I wanted to draw my take on Hermione in her teenage years. I experimented a lot with keeping it rough to chill and I really enjoyed drawing it! Hope you like :)

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Pepperony  ♡

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Korrasami by spicysteweddemon

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