- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of backing soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter softened
- 3/4 cups of sugar
- 3/4 cup of packed brown sugar
-1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
-2 large eggs
-2 cups of chocolate chips
-1 cup of chopped nuts
(Recipe makes 60 cookies)
*Assignment: you need to make 150 cookies. (Use proportion to adjust the recipe).
2.25/60 = x/150
60x = 337.5
x = 5.625 = 5 5/8 cups of flour
Do the others the same way.
To adjust the recipe to make 150 cookies, we need to determine the new quantities for each ingredient by using proportions.
First, let's find out the proportion of the original recipe to the desired recipe.
Original Recipe: 60 cookies
Desired Recipe: 150 cookies
Proportion = Desired Recipe / Original Recipe
Proportion = 150 / 60
Proportion = 2.5
Now, we'll multiply each ingredient in the original recipe by the proportion factor of 2.5.
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour x 2.5 = 5 5/8 cups all-purpose flour (or 5.625 cups)
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda x 2.5 = 2.5 teaspoons of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt x 2.5 = 2.5 teaspoons of salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter softened x 2.5 = 2.5 cups (5 sticks) of butter softened
- 3/4 cup of sugar x 2.5 = 1.875 cups of sugar (or 1 7/8 cups)
- 3/4 cup of packed brown sugar x 2.5 = 1.875 cups of packed brown sugar (or 1 7/8 cups)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract x 2.5 = 2.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs x 2.5 = 5 large eggs
- 2 cups of chocolate chips x 2.5 = 5 cups of chocolate chips
- 1 cup of chopped nuts x 2.5 = 2.5 cups of chopped nuts
Now you have the adjusted quantities of each ingredient to make 150 cookies.