SHS Food Science: Fats in dropped cookies

Purpose: It's to see which fats would taste good in the cookies, and also to see which of the fats would be good for the flavor, color, and the texture.

Procedure summary: We made the chocolate chip cookies but we used different fats in all of the cookies.

Lab Data: The lab data was the flavor, color, and the texture.

Please list each variation in order with numbers and fat used:
1- Vegetable Shortening
2- Vegetable Oil
3- Butter
4- Stick Margarine
5- Tub Margarine
6- Lard

List flavor, color and texture for favorite and least favorite for each person:

Taryn: My favorite cookie that I #1= Flavor 5 out of 5, Color/ Appearance was 5 out of 5 again, and Texture was 5 out of 5 again. My least favorite cookie was #5= Flavor was 3 out of 5, Color/ Appearance was 4 out of 5, and Texture was 5 out of 5.

Sarah: My favorite cookie was #6= Flavor was 4 out of 5, Color/ Appearance was 4 out of 5, and the Texture was 4 out of 5. My least favorite cookie was #5= Flavor was 1 out of 5, Color/ Appearance was 1 out of 5, and the Texture was 1 out of 5.

Ms.Turner: Liked the Variation 3 the best and her least favorite cookie was variation 5.

Mr.Wayne: Favorite was cookie #2= The Flavor was 9 out of 10 in all of the categories.

Ms.Ask: Favorite cookie was cookie #2= The flavor was sweet, subtle delicious, Color/ Appearance was a beautiful looking cookie, and the Texture was crumbly and yet chewy. Her least favorite cookie was #3= Flavor was great flavor lots of chocolate, Color/ Appearance was a bit too dark and flat, and the Texture was chewy- but a bit overcooked.

Dr.PJ: Her favorite cookie was #6= The flavor was excellent, The color/appearance was very nice, and the texture was very good. Her least favorite cookie was #3= The flavor was good but not there was an after taste to it, The color was a bit dark, and the texture was OK- i wouldn't turn it down.

Mr.Robison: His favorite cookie was #2 and the flavor was 2 out of 5, The color/appearance was 1 out of 5, and the Texture was 1 out of 5. His least favorite cookie was #3 The flavor was 3 out of 5, Color/ Appearance was 4 out of 5, and the Texture was also 4 out of 5.

Which cookie had the best flavor overall? The best overall cookie that we all had was cookie number two.

In your own words describe any difference in color from one variation to another. The Tub of Margarine and the Vegetable Oil were the darkest out of them all.

Which was crispiest? The crispest cookie was Variation number two.

Which is the chewiest? The chewiest cookie was cookie number three.

Which is the moistest variation? The moistest variation cookie was the lard cookie.

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Theses were all of the different fats in the cookies!!!!!!!!!