2.4. Physicochemical analysis
Moisture content of the cookies was determined by drying the
samples in a vacuum oven at 120 C for 3 h. Spread factor of the
cookies was measured as described in the AACC method (10-50D,
AACC, 2000). Color of the cookies was measured by using a colorimeter
(CR-10, Konica Minolta Sensing Inc., Osaka, Japan). The CIE
color values were recorded as L* (lightness), a* (redness), and b*
(yellowness).