Making raisin and banana cookies
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make raisin and banana cookies.
Key learning points
- Cookies date back to 7th century Persia (now Iran), and were used by bakers to test the temperature of the oven.
- Cookies contain fat (e.g. baking spread) and sugar, so should be eaten in small amounts.
- The food skills used to make raisin and banana cookies are measuring, mixing, mashing, dividing and using the oven.
- The cookies need to be the same size, for even cooking. If smaller, they will burn, if bigger, they will be undercooked.
Keywords
Cookies - a soft and chewy type of baked biscuit
Mashing - to crush a food to a soft paste
Creaming - to mix fat (baking spread) and sugar together to add air
Dividing - to separate a mixture, often into equal quantities
Common misconception
You can bake cookies of different sizes on the same tray, making a bigger one for yourself.
The cookies need to be the same size, for even cooking. If smaller, they will burn, if bigger, they will be undercooked.
Teacher tip
Pre-line the baking trays with greaseproof paper. This saves time in the lesson, allows you to write the pupils name on the paper (to identify it when being baked) and saves washing-up.
Equipment
For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where would these dishes be cooked on a cooker?
hob
grill
oven
Q2.What are these pieces of equipment used for?
Q3.True or false? We do not need to wear an apron when cooking.
Q4.Match the ingredients to their origin:
dairy cow
wheat
chicken
sweetcorn
Q5.A recipe has three main parts. What are they?
Q6.When using a knife or using the cooker, we need to work to prevent accidents.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.True or false? Cookies date back to the 7th century.
Q2.Match the following:
seeds or nuts
dried grapes
the cookies to rise
grown on a plant
sugar beet or sugar cane
Q3.Foods containing fat and sugar should be eaten …
Q4.True or false? Cookies can be baked in different sizes on the same tray - some big, some small.
Q5.Put this cookie recipe into the correct order:
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