Chocolate chip cookie

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/chocolate-chip-cookie

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the year of origin?1938
2. What is the place of origin?United States
3. How did the chocolate chip cookie start?In 1938, a woman named Ruth Wakefield was making butter cookies and ran out of baker's chocolate. She added pieces of Nestlé chocolate instead, and they stayed in the cookie, creating the first chocolate chip cookie.
4. Why do chocolate chips stay in the cookie instead of melting away?Chocolate chips are made with more fat and special ingredients so they soften but don’t completely melt. This keeps them as little pockets of chocolate inside the cookie.

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