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Chemical Reaction Ginger Biscuits Recipe

This document discusses a recipe for ginger biscuits and the chemical reaction that occurs during the baking process. It lists the ingredients needed which include butter, flour, oats, sugar, ginger, bicarbonate of soda, salt, milk and golden syrup. When the bicarbonate of soda is added to the hot butter and syrup mixture, it decomposes, producing carbon dioxide gas which causes the mixture to foam and bubble. This chemical reaction results in light and crispy ginger biscuits once baked.

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Chemical Reaction Ginger Biscuits Recipe

This document discusses a recipe for ginger biscuits and the chemical reaction that occurs during the baking process. It lists the ingredients needed which include butter, flour, oats, sugar, ginger, bicarbonate of soda, salt, milk and golden syrup. When the bicarbonate of soda is added to the hot butter and syrup mixture, it decomposes, producing carbon dioxide gas which causes the mixture to foam and bubble. This chemical reaction results in light and crispy ginger biscuits once baked.

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Chemical reaction biscuits


All cooking involves chemical reactions but you are
not normally aware of them happening. There is What’s the reaction?
an obvious thermal decomposition reaction which
takes place in the middle of this recipe – and you
get fabulous ginger biscuits at the end.

You will need:


120g butter or margarine
120g self-raising flour
120g oats
120g granulated sugar
1 rounded teaspoon ground ginger
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ level teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon golden syrup
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon Bicarbonate of soda is sodium hydrogen
2 teaspoons carbonate, chemical formula NaHCO3. When
Small bowl or cup this is added to the hot butter and syrup
Saucepan mixture it decomposes, producing carbon
Baking sheet lined with baking paper dioxide, water and sodium carbonate. You
Oven pre-heated to 180°C can see the gas being produced as the mixture
Wire cooling rack foams and produces lots of bubbles.
What you do: 2NaHCO3 CO2 + Na2CO3 + H2O
Mix the oats, flour, sugar, salt and ginger in a
mixing bowl. Melt the butter (or margarine) and Vicky Wong is Chemistry editor of Catalyst.
syrup in a pan. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in
milk and pour it into the pan, stir briefly. Look for Look here!
the chemical reaction. The same chemical reaction can also be used
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to make cinder toffee or honeycomb. For
and mix well. Place 1 teaspoon of the mixture in details see this Catalyst article: [Link]
small balls onto the baking sheet. Flatten slightly [Link]/system/files/elibrary-resources/legacy_
with a fork. Bake for about 7-8 minutes at 180°C files_migrated/31929-catalyst_24_3_579.pdf
and then cool on a wire [Link] about 26.

20 Catalyst April 2016 [Link]

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