HighFiber Cookie Formulation Sugar Cane Fiber Group 5

High-Fiber Cookie Formulation Sugar Cane Fiber Group 5: Anna-Rea Laubscher, Mele Kalama, Kelly Valdez and Sung Kyun Kim

What is fiber? • The part of plant-based foods that’s not digested

Why fiber? • Prevents constipation • Lowers the bad cholesterol • Reduces the risk of heart disease • Helps lower blood sugar levels

Sources of fiber • • • Fruits Vegetables Cereals Grains and pastas Beans, seeds, and nuts

How much fiber is needed? Adults • 19 -50 years Men Women • >50 years Men Women Grams per day 38 grams 25 grams 30 grams 21 grams

Our Goal To turn this vanilla sugar cookie into a High Fiber Cookie with our assigned fiber…

Sugar cane fiber • Byproduct of the sugar refining process • Called bagasse in the sugar cane industry • No calories! • Tasteless • An environmentally friendly production process • Used in Australia to tackle obesity by making foods healthier

Our first experiment 1) We altered the flour to fiber content – 50% flour 50% fiber and 75% flour 25% fiber

Outcome • 50% fiber was very dry, the dough was not moist enough – We had to add 4 Tablespoons milk • 25% fiber improved in taste and texture, dough a little tough – We had to add 1 Tbsp milk

Our second Experiment 80% flour, 20% fiber and 2 Tbsp milk Batch 1: 20 % fiber, sugar and brown sugar Batch 2: 20% fiber, all brown sugar

Outcome • Improved taste, texture and appearance • Added egg wash for appearance • Successful recipe and cookie!

Obstacles • Unexpected dry dough • Keeping the preparation and baking process constant • Creaming butter? ? • Avoiding burnage to the bottoms

High Fiber Cookie with Sugarcane Experiment 1 5% Sugar cane fiber 95% flour Original Thought Process Experiment 2 15% Sugarcane fiber 85% flour Experiment 3 25% Sugarcane fiber 75% flour Experiment 4 ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar Experiment 5 ½ cup sugar Experiment 6 ½ cup brown sugar

High Fiber Cookie with Sugar Cane 50% flour 50% fiber 8 T milk Half sugar Half brown sugar 2 T milk Actual and Future Experiment 75% flour 25% fiber 2 T milk All brown sugar 2 T milk Half sugar Half brown sugar 2 T milk Egg wash All brown sugar 2 T milk Egg wash 3 T milk 2 T milk + 1 tsp vanilla

Nutrition Facts

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