Baking Cookies, Cakes, and Pies

Extension Bulletin No. 432 September 1950 BAKING COOKIES, CAKES, AND PIES

BY INEZ ECKBLAD EXTENSION FOOD SPECIALIST

4-H BAKING UNIT I

EXTENSION SERVICE, INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON, PULLMAN, WASHINGTON PLANS FOR BAKING UNIT I

TO BE USED WITH CIRCULARS ON COOKIES, CAKES, PIES, AND DRINKS, AND SCORE CARDS FOR COOKIES, CAKES, AND PIES.

1. Prepare the following: COOKIES-Five or more bak ings of drop, rolled, or pressed cookies. PIES-Five or more bakings of fruit pie or cream pie. CAKES-Five or more bakings of shortened cake, y e 11 ow sponge, or angel food. 2. Plan to bake foods that are part of your family's meals. 3. Practice good eating habits. 4. Keep a record of your activities.

JUDGE ...... Quality of baked foods prepared. EXHIBIT .... . Cookies and cakes. DEMONSTRATE Cookies, cakes, or pies. IJf ,J/ 1 TOUR Through a bakery. "v/ ,: " "' 111

2 Meetings I and II

~~ DROP AND BAR COOKIES

FIRST ... Take stock of the kitchen. Where is the mixing area? The cooking area? The dishwashing area? Where are utensils, equipment, and supplies stored? How do you operate the stove and oven? NOW . . . Let's make drop and bar cookies. The circular on cookies has many recipes.

SOME THINGS TO DO -· wHAT TO DO AT CLUB MEETINGS AT HOME

SHOW how to operate the oven. PRACTICE good eating habits. SHOW how to mix and drop cookies. DISCUSS baking plans with your mother. RATE your own work in the kitchen. GET acquainted with your home kitchen. JUDGE your cookies. MAKE drop and bar cookies. RECORD what you did on the last page.

3 Meeting III

ROLL AND PRESS COOKIES

FIRST Get the stage set for baking-Are your supplies and equipment arranged for easy baking? Is your recipe in a con venient place to work?

NOW Let's make rolled and pressed cookies. Use the suggestions in your cooky cir cular.

SOME THINGS TO DO AT CLUB MEETINGS

SHOW how to roll cookies -on a canvas with stockinette rolling pin. -on a bread board. SHOW how to make a refrigerator cooky roll and slice it for baking. RATE your appearance in the kitchen. JUDGE cookies.

\VHAT TO DO A 1' I-IOME

\ DISCUSS baking plans with your mother. !\.fAKE rolled and pressed cookies. PRACTICE good eating habits. KEEP a record of what you did on the: last page.

4 Meetings IV, V, VI, and VII

CAKES AND ICINGS

FIRST . . Get supplies and equipment ready. Now ... Look over the methods for making cakes. You'll find these in a cake circular in your baking kit. SOME THINGS TO DO AT CLUB MEETINGS

SHOW HOW TO: DISCUSS: USE the electric mixer according to directions ac- DIFFERENT ingredients in cake. . . companymg your m1xer. BALANCING a cake recipe. BEAT with rotary hand beater, whip with hand DIFFERENT types of icings. whip, fold with spoon, or whip. JUDG E cakes. MAKE a cake by one-bowl or muffin method. VISIT a bakery. MAKE a cake by meringue 1nethod. MAKE a sponge cake and a butter cake. MAKE different icings. MAKE cup cakes, loaf cakes, and layer cakes. ICE a cake.

WHA1, TO DO AT HOME DISCUSS baking plans with your mother. PRACTICE good eating habits. MAKE cakes five or more times. ICE cakes. KEEP a record of what you did on the last page.

5 PIES AND PASTRIES Meetings VIII and IX

Now that you know the general activities for baking, you are ready to check pastry pointers and directions for pies. These are given in your mimeographed circular on pies and pastries.

What ingredients should we select to make tender, flaky pastry? What fats should we use, and why? How should we handle the flour and fat? How much water should we use? How is pastry handled? At what temperature should we bake it?

SOME THINGS TO DO AT CLUB MEETINGS WHAT TO DO AT HOME DISCUSS baking plans with your SHOW HOW TO . . USE a pastry canvas and srockin mother. c:tt<.: rolling pin. MAKE pies. MIX pastry. PRACTICE good eating habits. ROLL pastry. KEEP a record of what you did MAKE individual pic:s. on the last page. MAKE a fruit pi<.:. MAKE a cr<.:am pic:. MAKE m<.:ringuc: for cr<.:am pic:s. JUDGE pic: crusts and fillings. DISCUSS tmportancc: of good mixing tc:chniqu<.:s.

6 Meeting X A SNACK

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Let's have fun today. Invite some friends for a taste of your best baking-cookies, cake, or pie, and serve a beverage with it. The circuJar, Drinks for the Family, gives you suggestions. Since your snack is sweet, choose a beverage that is less sweet, like milk, lemonade, or tea or coffee for grownups.

\X'HAT TO DO AT HOME SERVE a snack. REVIEW what you've done in this baking project.

7 WHAT I'VE DONE AT A GLANCE Mark it down each time you do the job. List how much you made if you wish.

Job Place to Mark ( U11) Practiced good eating habits Baked drop cookies --- Baked bar cookies Baked rolled cookies Baked pressed or refrigerator cookies Baked shortened cakes Baked sponge or angel cake Baked fruit pies Baked cream pies Cleaned dishes and kitchen using time-saving methods Gave baking demonstrations Judged baked foods Exhibited cakes or cookies

Served a snack to friends

HOW DID I RATE MY BAKED PRODUCTS? (Use the rating sheets for baked products)

Rating Product Excellent Good Fair Poor Drop and bar cookies Rolled and pressed cookies Shortened cakes Sponge (white or yellow) Icings Pies, fruit Cream pies

Published and distributed in furtherance of the Ac ts of May 8 and June 30, 19 14, b y The State College of \Vashington Extension Service, E. V. Ellington, Director, and U . S. Department of .\g ricultUJ·e cooperating. ( 5m-950 )