Snickerdoodles

Who doesn’t like cinnamon-sugar shortbread? Any Hungry Physicists making these should be warned – people will ask you to make them constantly. This recipe is great for working with Little Lab Partners, too!  (even those lab partners who can’t seem to follow instructions and lose track of the number of drops of potassium permanganate they titrated into your solution, ruining the lab you spent hours preparing…. Deep breaths… those days[...]

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Although exploring the nuances of chocolate chip cookies is reason enough to bake, this opportunity should be used to experiment with a cooking stone. Everyone knows how chocolate chip cookies should turn out, see how using a stone improves them! These cookies are difficult to handle right out of the oven, but harden as they cool.  If chewier cookies are preferred, add one or two additional egg yolks to the[...]