Bake/Cook/Make Day Saturday!

Bake/Cook/Make Day Saturday!

Saturdays are set aside to spend some quality, 

fun time in the kitchen with your child.

Red Velvet Cupcakes:

Cupcakes:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 12 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs plus 2 large egg yolks
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. red food coloring
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Frosting:

• 6 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

1. Make cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place paper liners in a 12-cup tin and 4 cups of a 6-cup muffin tin.  Fill 2 empty muffin cups halfway with water.
2. Mix flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.  In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy.  Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in yolks, food coloring and vanilla.  Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.  Beat just until all ingredients are incorporated. 
3. Divide batter among cupcake liners.  Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.  Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove cupcakes from pans to rack to cool completely.
4. Make frosting: Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.  Beat in vanilla.  Gradually add sugar and beat until easy to spread.
5. After frosting the cupcakes, have your child add heart sprinkles.
6. Makes 16 cupcakes.
7. Found in all you magazine, Feb 2009

Heart Pretzels: 

• 1 Packet Yeast
• 1 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 4 cups Flour
• Eggs
• Cookie Sheet; Wax Paper; Foil

1. Line cookie sheet with foil and preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Add the above ingredients into bowl.  Knead the dough until smooth.
3. Give your child a piece of wax paper for their workplace.
4. Pull off pieces of dough for each child to roll into a long rope that they can shape into a heart shape.
5. Place pretzels on a cookie sheet, coat with beaten egg and sprinkle with salt.
6. Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Cool and serve.
7. Recipe found in The Giant Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group Activities by Gryphon House

Books:

• The Magic Pretzel by James Morgan
• Walter the Baker by Eric Carle

Bake/Cook/Make Day Saturday!