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Recipe Reading Quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When reading a recipe, what is the first step you should take to ensure you understand the process and ingredients required?

a)

Start cooking immediately

b)

Read through the entire recipe from start to finish

c)

Gather all the ingredients

d)

Preheat the oven

2.

If a recipe calls for 2 cups of flour and you only have a 1/4 cup measuring cup, how many times will you need to fill the 1/4 cup to get the correct amount of flour?

a)

4 times

b)

6 times

c)

8 times

d)

10 times

3.

A recipe requires you to bake a cake for 45 minutes. If you start baking at 2:30 PM, at what time should you take the cake out of the oven?

a)

3:00 PM

b)

3:15 PM

c)

3:30 PM

d)

3:45 PM

4.

A recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of sugar, but you only have a teaspoon. How many teaspoons will you need to use to equal 1 tablespoon?

a)

2 teaspoons

b)

3 teaspoons

c)

4 teaspoons

d)

5 teaspoons

5.

You are planning a dinner party and need to triple a recipe that serves 4 people. If the original recipe calls for 1.5 cups of rice, how much rice will you need for the dinner party?

a)

3 cups

b)

4.5 cups

c)

6 cups

d)

7.5 cups

6.

The part of the recipe that tells you how long to cook, the temperature and to preheat the oven is the

a)

title

b)

yield

c)

directions

d)

cooking method, temperature and time

7.
How will you most efficiently measure 3/4 cup flour using standard measuring cups available? (1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup)
a)
1/4 cup three times
b)
1/3 cup and 1/4 cup
c)
Partially measuring 1 cup
d)
1/4 cup and 1/2 cup
8.

Your recipe calls for 3/4 cup sugar and you need to double it, how much sugar will you now need?

a)

1 cup

b)

1 1/4 cups

c)

1 1/2 cups

d)

1 3/4 cups

9.
The foods in a recipe
a)
Ingredients
b)
Amounts
c)
Purchases
d)
Equivalents
10.

Cook in water or liquid in which bubbles rise continually and break at the surface (212 degrees F).

a)

broil

b)

boil

c)

bake

d)

blend

11.
A recipe yields 20 cookies, but I want to increase the yield to 40 cookies. The original amount of sugar needed is 1/2 c. What is the new amount needed for the yield of 40 cookies?
a)
1/4 c
b)
3/4 c
c)
1 c
d)
2 c
12.

To chop finely, into very small pieces

a)

Dice

b)

Mince

c)

Grate

d)

Grind

13.

To sprinkle or coat with flour or other fine substance

a)

Batter

b)

Dredge

c)

Garnish

d)

Pare

14.

If a recipe calls for 3/4 cup of milk and you only have a 1/4 cup measuring cup, how many times will you need to fill the 1/4 cup to get the correct amount of milk?

a)

2 times

b)

3 times

c)

4 times

d)

5 times

15.

You need to halve a recipe that calls for 2/3 cup of oil. How much oil will you need?

a)

1/3 cup

b)

1/4 cup

c)

1/2 cup

d)

1/6 cup

16.

Which ingredient is garlic?

a)

b)

c)

d)

17.

Half of 1/2 cup

a)

1 cup

b)

1/3 cup

c)

1/4 cup

d)

2/4 cup

18.

Half of 1/8 teaspoon

a)

1 Tablespoon

b)

a pinch

c)

2/8 teaspoon

d)

1/16 Tablespoon

19.

Half of 2/3 cup

a)

1/3 Tablespoon

b)

3/6 cup

c)

1 1/3 cup

d)

1/3 cup

20.

Half of 1 1/2 cup

a)

1 1/4 cup

b)

3/4 cup

c)

2/3 cup

d)

1/2 cup

21.

Half of 1 cup

a)

1/2 cup

b)

2 cups

c)

2/2 cup

d)

4 Tablespoons

22.

How do you measure brown sugar

a)

Spoon into dry measuring cup and pack down

b)

Scoop into liquid measuring cup and pat down

c)

You don't need to measure it just estimate

23.

If you are doubling a recipe that has 1 1/2 cups of flour, how much flour will you need?

a)

1 cup

b)

4 cups

c)

3 cups

24.

To measure 3/4 teaspoon of baking, use

a)

a one tablespoon measure

b)

a one teaspoon measure

c)

1/4 teaspoon + 1/2 teaspoon

25.

When looking at a recipe, the capital T stands for

a)

teaspoon

b)

1/4 teaspoon

c)

1/2 teaspoon

d)

Tablespoon

26.
Your recipe calls for 3 tsp. of vanilla. What is the most efficient way to measure this?
a)
1 Tbsp. 
b)
1/3 cup
c)
2 Tbsp. 
d)
1/4 cup
27.

Which are used to measure small amounts of ingredients, usually less than 1/4 cup?

a)

Dry measuring cups

b)

Liquid measuring cups

c)

Measuring spoons

d)

Scales

28.

1/4 cup + 1/4 cup =

a)

1 cup

b)

1/2 cup

c)

3/4 cup

d)

2/8 cup

29.

Mark must decrease 2 1/2 cups of sugar by half. How much does he need to measure?

a)

1 cup

b)

1 1/2 cups

c)

1 1/4 cups

d)

1 1/8 cups

30.

Juan is a beginning cook and is new to adjusting recipe amounts. His mom told him to double 3/4 teaspoons of vanilla. What amount does he actually need?

a)

1 1/4 teaspoons

b)

1 teaspoon

c)

1 1/2 teaspoons

d)

1 3/4 teaspoons

31.

Which tool would you use to measure 3/4 cup flour?

a)

b)

32.

Which tool would you use to measure 3/4 cup oatmeal?

a)

b)

33.

Which tool would you use to measure 3/4 cup orange juice?

a)

b)