GINGERBREAD COOKIES SOLUTION |
| Begin by identifying the various ingredients and utensils. Note that if you hover the cursor over an ingredient, a description is displayed. There are two measuring cups - the large one (250ml) is equivalent to one cup and the smaller one (125ml) is equivalent to a half cup. The bigger of the two spoons is obviously a tablespoon, and the smaller one a teaspoon. |
| All the ingredients except common sense are measured with one or other utensil. The only ingredient that this applies to is an egg, so you immediately know one of the ingredients. |
| The recipe is divided into three separate stages. In the first, three ingredients (generosity, sweetness and love) must be CREAMED together. In the second, three ingredients (commitment, sensuality and romance) must be SIFTED together. Knowing this, and applying basic baking knowledge the ingredients can be worked out. |
| A typical recipe provides for butter, sugar and milk to be 'creamed' together. Clearly 'sweetness' must be brown sugar. It is also logical that the mixture should contain more milk than butter, so 'one cup of love' must be milk and the 'half cup of generosity' is the butter. |
| Only dry ingredients can be 'sifted' together - so commitment, sensuality and romance must relate to the flour, ginger and cinnamon. Logically, the major ingredient (two cups of commitment) is the flour. Seeing that you are baking gingerbread cookies, there should be more ginger (tablespoon of romance) than cinnamon (teaspoon of sensuality) included. |
| You know that 'one common sense' is an egg, so the remaining ingredient has to be the molasses. |
SOLUTION SUMMARY |
| 01) Fill the 250ml cup with brown sugar and pour into the mixing bowl (one cup of sweetness) |
| 02) Fill the 250ml cup with milk and pour into the mixing bowl (one cup of love) |
| 03) Fill the 125ml cup with butter and pour into the mixing bowl (half a cup of generosity) |
| 04) Switch on the mixer to 'cream' the ingredients together |
| 05) Fill the 250ml cup twice with flour and pour into the mixing bowl (two cups of commitment) |
| 06) Fill the tablespoon (on the right) with ginger and pour into the mixing bowl (one tablespoon of romance) |
| 07) Fill the teaspoon (on the left) with cinnamon and pour into the mixing bowl (one teaspoon of sensuality) |
| 08) Switch on the mixer to 'sift' the ingredients together |
| 09) Take one egg and put it in the mixing bowl (one common sense) |
| 10) Fill the 125ml cup with molasses and pour into the mixing bowl (half a cup of integrity) |
| 11) Switch on the mixer to 'beat' the ingredients |
| 12) Finally, click on the oven icon in the top left corner to bake the cookies |
| Note: If at any stage you make an error click the bin icon in the left corner to delete all cookies (Victoria's very own anti-virus program) |