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Measuring and Recipe Reading Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the abbreviation for cup?

a)

c

b)

Tbsp, Tbs

c)

tsp

2.

What is the abbreviation for teaspoon

a)

c

b)

Tbsp, Tbs

c)

tsp

3.

What is the abbreviation for tablespoon

a)

c

b)

Tbsp, Tbs

c)

tsp

4.

How should milk be and water be measured?

a)

Pour and view at eye level

b)

Dip in/Drag through container, level off

c)

Spoon in, level off

d)

Pack in, level off

5.

How should cocoa powder, flour, and powdered sugar be measured?

a)

Pour and view at eye level

b)

Dip in/Drag through container, level off

c)

Spoon in, level off

d)

Pack in, level off

6.

How should sugar, cereal, and dry oatmeal be measured?

a)

Pour and view at eye level

b)

Dip in/Drag through container, level off

c)

Spoon in, level off

d)

Pack in, level off

7.

How should brown sugar, pumpkin, sour cream, and peanut butter be measured?

a)

Pour and view at eye level

b)

Dip in/Drag through container, level off

c)

Spoon in, level off

d)

Pack in, level off

8.

Which Items should be measured using a dry measuring cup (mark all that apply)?

a)

Milk and Water (self-leveling liquid)

b)

Flour and Sugar (dry)

c)

Sour Cream and Canned Pumpkin (sticky)

9.

Which Items should be measured using measuring spoons?

a)

Small amounts of any ingredient

b)

Small amounts of liquid ingredients only

c)

Small amounts of dry ingredients only

10.

When should you use a liquid measuring cup?

a)

When the food item levels itself when poured

b)

When the food item is sticky

c)

When the food item is powdery

d)

When the food item is granular

11.

How do you measure 1/4 cup of butter?

a)

Read the butter wrapping on the stick of butter and cut in the correct place

b)

Pack the butter into a measuring cup

c)

Melt the butter, then measure with your tablespoon

12.

What are TWO ways to measure 3/4 c. or 3/4 tsp.? (Mark both)

a)

1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4

b)

1/2 + 1/4

c)

1 + 1/4

d)

1/3 + 1/3

13.

How should you measure 1 1/2 cups?

a)

2 tsp.

b)

1/2

c)

1/4 + 1/4

d)

1 + 1/2

14.

How do you measure 2/3 c.

a)

1/2 + 1/4

b)

1/4 + 1/3

c)

1/3 + 1/3

d)

1 + 1/3

15.

What information should ALWAYS be included in a recipe? (mark all that apply)

a)

Title

b)

Yield/Servings

c)

Ingredients and Directions

d)

Picture

16.

When using a recipe, what should you ALWAYS do first?

a)

gather ingredients

b)

mise en place

c)

read the recipe all the way through

d)

preheat the oven

17.

What does mise en place mean?

a)

cooking the food

b)

"everything in its place" - measuring and gathering supplies

c)

reading the recipe

d)

find a recipe

18.

Why do we mise en place?

a)

So we can be more creative when we are cooking

b)

To stay organized and prevent mistakes

c)

Mise en place is only necessary when you are new to cooking

19.

A cookie recipe yields 12 cookies, and serves 3 people. How many times should you multiply the recipe if you want to make 48 cookies?

a)

multiply the recipe by 2

b)

multiply the recipe by 3

c)

multiply the recipe by 4

20.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: What is the title of this recipe?

a)

Brownies

b)

Chef Emily's Signature Cookie Bars

c)

Cookie Bars

d)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

21.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: How warm does the butter need to be before you start cooking?

a)

cold

b)

melted

c)

room temperature

d)

does not matter

22.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: What ingredients can be placed together in the "liquid ingredients" bowl when measuring?

a)

flour, baking soda, salt

b)

melted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, vanilla

c)

flour mixture, butter mixture, chocolate chips

d)

flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, butter, chocolate chips

23.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: What ingredients can be placed together in the "dry ingredients" bowl when measuring?

a)

flour, baking soda, salt

b)

melted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, vanilla

c)

flour mixture, butter mixture, chocolate chips

d)

flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, butter, chocolate chips

24.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: What ingredient must be kept by itself when measuring? (should not be mixed with anything else during mise en place)

a)

vanilla

b)

eggs

c)

chocolate chips

25.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: What pieces of equipment needed to make this recipe? (mark all that apply)

a)

bowls

b)

electric mixer

c)

cookie scoop

d)

whisk

26.

Look at the recipe copy given to you: Based on the yield and servings, how many cookies is each person expected to get?

a)

2 cookies

b)

18 cookies

c)

9 cookies

d)

1 cookie