{"id":265,"date":"2021-04-06T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2025-05-28T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:02:51","slug":"lab-1-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/lab-1-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab 1: Breadsticks or Shortbread"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ic-Layout-contentWrapper\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 1px; color: #2d3b45; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<div class=\"ic-Layout-contentMain\" style=\"padding: 24px;\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"assignment content_underline_links\">\n<ul class=\"student-assignment-overview\" style=\"padding: 12px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; list-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; border-top: 1px solid #c7cdd1; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7cdd1;\">\n<li style=\"display: inline-block;\"><span class=\"title\" style=\"font-weight: bold; padding-right: 0.5em;\">Due<\/span>\u00a0Friday,\u00a0<span class=\"value\" style=\"padding-right: 2em;\"><span class=\"date_text\"><span class=\"display_date\">June 27, 2025<\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0<span class=\"display_time\">11:59pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"display: inline-block;\"><span class=\"title\" style=\"font-weight: bold; padding-right: 0.5em;\">Points<\/span> 25<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: inline-block;\"><span class=\"title\" style=\"font-weight: bold; padding-right: 0.5em;\">Submitting<\/span> <span class=\"value\" style=\"padding-right: 2em;\">lab report on Blackboard<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: normal;\">This is an individual assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"description user_content student-version enhanced\" style=\"position: relative; min-height: 260px; max-width: 100%;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 1.5em;\">Instructions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px;\">1) Choose ONE of the recipes to make:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/lab-1-overview\/breadsticks\/\">Breadsticks<\/a>\u00a0 (or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/lab-1-overview\/1148-2\/\">Gluten-Free Breadsticks<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/lab-1-overview\/shortbread\/\">Shortbread<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shortbread<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px;\">2) Follow the instructions below to prepare your lab report. You will have to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Include images taken while you are conducting the lab<\/strong><\/span> and narrate about your process in the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 30px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Include the link to your final video reflection<\/span><\/strong> on the outcome in your report. <span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to upload a video using your\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3) Submit completed report on Blackboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 842px; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 10.55pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; background: #E2EFD9; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 10.55pt;\" valign=\"top\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Lab Report Criteria<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-left: none; background: #E2EFD9; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 10.55pt;\" valign=\"top\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Pts<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 118.15pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 118.15pt;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: middle;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Formatting Followed<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Photos embedded in report.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Video uploaded to YouTube<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Link to YouTube video provided<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-right: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 118.15pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">5.0\u00a0pts<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 118.15pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 118.15pt;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: middle;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Process Photos<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Measure out the flour\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Mix with the dough blade\/hook until combined\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Remove the dough from the mixer bowl and transfer it to a bowl that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Shape the dough into a rough, flat rectangle\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Roll it into a long, irregularly shaped snake and place on the baking sheet so they puff up a bit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-right: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 118.15pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">5.0\u00a0pts<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 27.25pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 27.25pt;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: middle;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Process Narrative<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The words that are connecting the images and forming a complete narrative of your process<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-right: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 27.25pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">3.0\u00a0pts<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38.55pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 38.55pt;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: middle;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Final Photos<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Compare the two batches of cookies\/<span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">breadsticks<\/span>. Line them up side by side and label them so we can see which is which. Take photos of the two nutrition labels of the two types of flour.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-right: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 38.55pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">2.0\u00a0pts<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38.55pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 38.55pt;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\"><strong>Video<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">Discuss texture as function of flour type.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The texture of the different batches of shortbread\/<span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">breadstick<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">How easily do the cookies\/<span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">breadstick<\/span>\u00a0break or crumble?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">To what extent does the texture of the shortbread\/<span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">breadstick<\/span>\u00a0correlate with the protein content of the flour?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 27.25pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 27.25pt;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-right: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 27.25pt;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10.55pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 631.15pt; border: solid #C7CDD1 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.25pt 7.5pt 5.25pt 7.5pt; height: 10.55pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"842\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Total Points:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;\">25.0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px;\">Return to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/\">Lab Schedule (Home)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due\u00a0Friday,\u00a0June 27, 2025\u00a0by\u00a011:59pm Points 25 Submitting lab report on Blackboard This is an individual assignment. 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