Baking With Kids

Messy screen-free fun for toddlers with the added bonus of baked goods!

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In an attempt to keep the kids happy and quiet I’ve found we spend at least an hour a day in the kitchen. If its not baking its another form of messy play or splashing about with the sink.

At best baking with kids is a stimulating and diverting screen free activity which encourages sensory development and aids knowledge of cause and effect, increases curiosity and is an all round brilliant way to enhance cognitive skills.

At worst its a really messy way to enjoy something yummy- so its win win

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No Flower Cheese Scones 🧀🧀🧀 In normal times my lovely mum (a nurse) spends almost every weekend away in her campervan which is like a 7th grandchild to her. In these times though my mam has stepped up like the hero she is and is nursing on the front line in this pandemic ❤ What's that got to do with cheese Scones? Well she cleared out her campervan kitchen a few weeks ago and as a result we've ended up with several boxes of instant mash potato 🤷🏼‍♀️ I was struggling to know what to do with it then I remembered this classic recipe from my slimming world group! 120g instant mash 2 eggs Standard tub cottage cheese (we used onion and chive) 50g grated cheddar I added dried basil and garlic but this is optional Mix all ingredients together to form a slightly sticky dough. Press golf ball size amounts into a circle cutter (this doesn't roll well so get your hands in there) and place on a lined baking tray. Bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes or until golden brown 😃 Granted it's no M&S cafe cheese scone but it's a yummy snack that marginally brought my twix consumption down yesterday 🤷🏼‍♀️ Have the best weekend you can ❤❤❤

Triple Chocolate Cookies 🍪🍪🍪 Controlling my own sugar intake during lockdown has been by far the biggest challenge...each day I wake up with excellent intentions of having a zero sugar day, then by mid morning realise that lockdown is rubbish enough so I may as well crack open the biscuits 🤷🏼‍♀️ So in for a penny, in for a pound so they say or in this case in for a huge tray full of triple chocolate cookies 🍪 they may not look the prettiest but they are a proper indulgent, dessert level cookie, really chocolatey dough with a crisp outside and gooey inside, loaded with whatever chocolate you fancy throwing in 😃 Link to the recipe is in my stories ❤

Easter Egg Cookie Pops 🍫🥚🍫🥚🍫 With less than 2 weeks to Easter I'm throwing it back to these chocolate covered biscuit lollies! Kids automatically love things more when they're on a stick and I love things more covered in chocolate 🤷🏼‍♀️ These simple cookie pops are made using our basic biscuit recipe (link in bio) and pressing a lollipop stick in before baking (don't worry, it won't burn) Then decorate when cool with lots of melted chocolate and whatever else you fancy 😃 Also throwing it back in photo 2 to a time when all my cake photos were taken on top of my tumble dryer 🤦🏼‍♀️#goodtimes

🌈🌈Rainbow Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream 🍫🍫 I'm no disciplinarian at the best of times but even I'm letting a lot go this week... By Thursday I'd already said yes to digging a giant hole in the garden, letting them ride bikes inside and extending hair wash day far beyond what I'd normally deem acceptable 🤷🏼‍♀️ So when my idea of making homemade digestive biscuits was pooh-poohed by the little people I was hardly going to put up a fight when they suggested these an an alternative. They are yummy, classic spongey cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and the occasional sprinkle 😃 Recipe and messy method in my stories now.

The girls from Friends were right, this really has made me feel better 🤷🏼‍♀️ At least 70% of it is the wedding dress and 30% possibly the gin. Hiya 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️. As is customary on Instagram after an increase of followers (thank you @manversusbaby )I thought I'd introduce myself, unfortunately this introduction has coincided with my slight decent into lockdown madness, so instead of a cheery selfie it's this photo instead 👆 So I'm Cath, mum to a 5 year old and a 3 year old with an extremely high tolerance for mess and general gross-ness. I started @baking_with_kids 3 years ago after realising I spent a disproportionate amount of time baking with my then babies. I had alot of people ask me of the mess was stressful and to me it really isn't. I'd rather clean up a flour spill and eat cake than not have the cake 😂 plus the kids love it and despite their general inability to grasp the no 'double dip' rule, they get just as excited about baking today as they did 3 years ago. I love writing about our messy baking and sharing easy recipes. I'm always happy to offer my (non professional) baking advice but never ask me how to make microwave popcorn- how people can do this without having a burned cluster of charcoal in the middle of the bag is baffling to me (witchcraft 🤔) So Thank you for joining me! I'll be posting simple recipes as always but if you have any requests just let me know 😃

Messy Millionaires Shortbread 🍫🍫🍫 We made it to Friday 👏👏👏 so a regular biscuit just isn't going to cut it really 🤷🏼‍♀️ This is a simple but sticky millionaires shortbread, consisting of a toddler manhandled biscuit base (may contain kid saliva) a layer of caramel (from a tin because-life) and thick layer of chocolate. Yes its messy but its delicious and whereas a medical professional may claim otherwise I'm fairly confident that the extra sugar (and occasional gin) is getting me through at the moment. Recipe is on the blog (link in bio) it's an oldie but a goodie 🤗

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