Monday, June 03, 2013

Chocolate chips

Chocolate cookies are often the first cookies that Americans learn how to bake. Chocolate chips are available in dark, milk and white chocolate.

It is a small drop of dark chocolate, made suing vegetable fats and stabilizers to help it retain its shape while baking.

To be labeled as white chocolate chips, chips must include cocoa butter. Most chocolate chips are not real chocolate.

Their cocoa butter has been replaced with hydrogenated oil so they hold their shape in the oven and are inexpensive to produce.

Chocolate chips are best stored in a cool, dry place at between 60° F and 75° F for no longer than 3 months.

Milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips contain milk solids and more perishable than dark chocolate chips; one month is a limit.

If using chocolate chips for recipes that require melting, it is to be sure to melt them slowly over very low heat or in the top of a double boiler to prevent scorching and thickening.

Chocolate chip cookie is the most popular cookie in the United States. One out of three cookies baked in the US is a chocolate chip cookie.
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