In this study, the effect of baking conditions and dough formulations on phenolic compounds, antioxi-
dant capacity and color of cookies made from anthocyanin-rich corn flour were investigated. The control
cookies were prepared from dark-red popping corn, blue popping corn and blue-standard corn flour
according AACC method 10e54 and baked at 200 ? C for 7 and 10 min. In control corn cookies, the content
of total flavonoids and anthocyanins, as free water-soluble phenolic compounds, was reduced by applied
baking conditions. Our results show that citric acid significantly increased the total flavonoids and an-
thocyanins content in the cookies prepared from blue popping corn and blue-standard corn. Compared
with the control cookies baked at 200
? C for 7 min, the cookies prepared with 0.5 g/100 g added citric
acid and baked at 150
? C for 12 min had higher contents of total flavonoids and anthocyanins by 60 and
70%, respectively. However, as a result of Maillard reaction inhibition at low pH, antioxidant capacity of
anthocyanins-rich blue popping corn and blue standard corn cookies with 0.5 and 1 g/100 g citric acid
was lower by 56 and 39%, respectively, compared to antioxidant capacity of their control cookies baked at