Energy Efficient Cookies!!
Efficient Baking Methods and Creative Efficient Cookies
Halogen Ovens, Pizzelle Cookies, and No Bake Cookies!
While everyone knows how to make some simple chocolate chip cookies, not everyone knows exactly how to do it efficiently. Here are some great ideas to make your favorite treat while reducing your energy use, as well as a couple ideas for the most energy efficient cookies that bring the smallest use of kilowatt hours (kWh), which is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt of power expended for one hour.
Baking Cookies With a Halogen Oven
Not only are these gadgets neat to look at when you bake your cookies, it is one of the most energy efficient ways you could bake. These "super transferrers" utilize all three methods of heat transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation, to cook. Not only does this significantly reduce cooking time, it also uses only 0.013 Kilowatt Hours in the process (that's very little energy)
Pizzelle Cookies
These little French creations are not only delicious , but the pizzelle irons that are used to make them make for a very efficient day in the kitchen! Utilizing only 0.007 kWh, your electric bill will thank you for going European.
No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Despite the name, these delicious treats are cooked to a degree, but very minimally. Being cooked on an induction burner, these are one of the most efficient cookies you can bake, using only 0.0028 kWh. These burners that are used utilize electromagnetic induction, which is a process where a conductor is placed in a changing magnetic field. This causes the production of a voltage across the conductor, which creates the heat.
While almost everyone loves to bake ( or have their moms bake), its not as common to keep our carbon footprint in mind while doing it. Utilizing energy efficient methods such as these are a great way to make a change in the way you bake!
P.S.
These aren't the only ideas in the world, its easy to find energy efficient ways to make your tried-and-true kitchen favorites, or to change it up and find new ones!