Baking With Kids

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

Home
About
Contact

Search for:

Contact

This is a contact page with some basic contact information and a contact form.

Name(required)

Email(required)

Website

Comment(required)

Benefits

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

Search for:

Mumsnet

mumsnet

Instagram

Banana bread 🍌🍌🍌🍌 It's the final Half Term easy recipe and this is a one bowl wonder- banana bread. This one is topped with a salted caramel sauce to add a dessert vibe 😄 Bananas are a fab way to get your kids using a (blunt) knife and theres the added benefit of token fruit 🤷🏼‍♀️ You'll need a 2lb loaf tin lined with baking paper or enough patience to whack a cake out of an unlined tin. Preheat oven to 170°C Take 2 ripe bananas and mash with a fork in a large bowl. Mix in 100g softened butter, 120g soft brown sugar and 3-4 tablespoons of honey. Child will probably try to eat honey at this stage and start the descent into sticky messiness. Once it's looking like a curdled disaster add 2 eggs- then 250g self raising flour. Mix well and pour into your loaf tin. Bake for about half an hour or risen and a knife put though the middle of the cake comes out clean. We poshed it up with a salted caramel drizzle (store bought 😵) but that's completely optional.

Brownies 🍫🍫🍫🍫 These may not strike you as a super easy kids baking activity but these are surprisingly simple and kids absolutely love making a humongous mess and eating the raw batter! If you're feeling particularly organised you can pre-weigh the ingredients but there will be a fair amount of carnage either way 🤷🏼‍♀️ Gooey centred, crisp topped chocolate brownies, direct link already in the bio 😀

Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls 🍎🍏 Probably for the best that theres no sausage emoji... We are halfway through the longest half term in living memory and so simple recipe number 5 is Sausage Rolls! You probably don't even need a recipe for these, we kept it really simple with shop bought puff pastry and best quality sausages. We removed the sausages from the skins and arranged along sections of the pastry. We then topped with some apple slices and drizzled a little maple syrup ontop, then rolled in the pastry and cut into sections (more details are in my stories currently 😀) We brushed with beaten egg and baked for 25 minutes at 180°c I do love a savory pastry treat to get my through hump day!

Jammy Dodgers (with a few nutella dodgers thrown in for good measure) Half term bake number 4 are these super easy but delicious biscuits! My eldest loves a Jammy Dodger as a lunchbox treat so was super excited to make our own. My youngest loves raw dough in all forms so she was pretty excited too 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 The recipe and messy method are up in my stories now 😀

Cheese Scones 🧀🧀🧀 Definitely one of the easiest recipes to make with little ones- Disclaimer- easy doesn't mean tidy- small children in particular have the capacity to make an unreal amount of mess so be ready for a heavily floured floor and worktop 🤣 it is messy play at its finest though and a fab starter recipe for toddlers 😍 Rub 60g butter into 220g self raising flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in 50g grated mature chedder and about 120ml milk to form a sticky dough. Roll out on a floured surface and cut into rounds with a round cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet and brush the tops with a bit of milk. Bake at 170°C for 10-12 minutes or until raised and golden. Lovely with butter and a cuppa ☕☕☕ if your kids let you drink it!

Compromise Cupcakes 🧁🧁🧁 Easy vanilla cupcakes are always a popular cooking activity with my two but they do have widely different views on how to decorate them... So these are our happy medium. From a batch of 12 we went with 6 ninjas and 6 chocolate buttercream with sprinkles- 2 happy kids and they even surprised me by decorating 1 of each others cakes too 😀 Recipe and messy method is in my stories 🍫🧁🥋

Twitter
Facebook
Google+
GitHub
WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.