Chocolate Chip Cookie Research

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A chocolate chip cookie is a childhood favorite treat because of its chewy, gooey chocolate interior and its crispy exterior. As the cookie dough bakes in the oven, delicious smells waft through the kitchen and the baker can tell that the cookies are baked to perfection. However, when someone is a child, he/she does not realize the science behind a perfect chocolate chip cookie. Each ingredient in a cookie or any other baked item has a specific purpose. Bakers are like chemists because a baker needs the correct ingredients and ratios to create the baked item just as a chemist needs the correct chemicals and ratios to create the reaction. Baking soda is one of the key ingredients to make a cookie because it allows the cookie to rise in the