Solution to the Problem:
Here are the results of the World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest:
1st: Vera Scholer, Vermont, hazelnuts, maple syrup
2nd: Keith Buchanan, Oregon, filberts coconut milk
3rd: Rob Myerson, Alabama, walnuts, apple butter
4th: Sophie O'Toole, Hawaii, macadamias, raspberry jam
5th: Beth Armstrong, Missouri, Brazil nuts, grape juice
Armstrong's cookies ranked fifth-highest (5).
O'Toole's recipe didn't rank first, second, or third
(11), so it ranked fourth and the recipe with
hazelnuts ranked first (11).
Buchanan's recipe
called for either Brazil nuts or filberts and didn't
rank third (8), so it ranked second, since either
surname or nut rules out all other possibilities.
The recipe calling for walnuts wasn't fourth or
fifth (4); it placed third. Sophie's recipe was
fourth, and the recipe from Missouri was fifth (4).
The recipe from Hawaii called for macadamia
nuts (1), so this is Sophie O'Toole's fourth-ranked
recipe, since either state or nut rules out all other
possibilities.
It has raspberry jam as its secret
ingredient (3).
Armstrong is Beth (3). Her recipe
doesn't call for maple syrup (2), coconut milk (7),
or apple butter (9); it calls for grape juice (intro).
The coconut-milk recipe doesn't call for hazelnuts
or walnuts (7), so it was submitted by Buchanan.
The recipe whose secret ingredient is apple butter
didn't rank first (9), so it ranked third.
By
elimination, the recipe whose secret ingredient is
maple syrup placed first.
It was sent in from
Vermont (2).
Buchanan isn't from Alabama (3), so
he or she is from Oregon; by elimination, the
person from Alabama sent in the third-ranked
recipe.
He or she isn't Scholer (3), so Scholer is
the person whose recipe ranked first; by
elimination, Myerson's recipe ranked third.
Vera
isn't Myerson (10), and she isn't from Oregon
(10), so she's Scholer.
Rob's recipe didn't rank
second ( 12); it ranked third; by elimination, Keith
is Buchanan.
His recipe doesn't call for Brazil nuts
(6), so it calls for filberts; by elimination, Beth's
recipe calls for Brazil nuts.
Although the problem above was fictitious, click below to see the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe according to the
New York Times.
BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE