1. I’m a bad elf, That's plain to see; There will be no cookies for Santa this year, Which means more for me!

2. Santa wants to make another batch of Christmas biscuits so that he and the reindeer have their favourite snacks on the long night of delivery. The elves got into the kitchen last night and have muddled up the ingredients with some other things in the store cupboard: “dry” biscuit mix baby powder flourbaking soda corn flour baking powder icing sugar

3. Task 1 Part 1: Follow the directions to test each sample (# 1-6) with water, vinegar, iodine, and heat. Record your observations in the top part of the chart on the back of this page.

4. Task 2 Part 2: Follow the same procedure to test the three Mystery Mixtures (A, B, and C). Record your observations in the bottom portions of the chart. Use your results from Part 1 to determine which mixture is the special sugar cookie mix!

5. Mrs. Claus' Special Sugar Cookies Mix 15 cups of flour, 6 teaspoons of baking powder, 5 cups of powdered sugar, 3 pounds of butter, and 10 eggs in a large red bowl. Add lots of tender loving care and a bit of magic dust, then bake until golden brown.