Baking with a 2 year old

SmlSave

I was wondering if you had any tips and recipes that I could try with DS?

The obvious choice is to make cakes but I'd rather make savory things such as cheesy muffins that can be ate as part of a meal or frozen.

Having never baked with DS before I'm a little nervous.

I guess I'd have to prep all the ingredients first so DS can just come and mix and stir.

Help appreciated

msgnomey

There are lots of simple recipes you can try. How about simple ideas like using a pastry/biscuit cutter to cut out bread to make shaped toast or add filling for sandwiches. Fruit salad where your little one could cut up bananas or other soft fruit. Fruit kebabs. Rice Krispie / cornflake cakes. Decorating already made biscuits with water icing or melted chocolate and smarties.

HTH

room512

I've made cheese scones lots of time with 3 year olds - they help measure out the ingredients and they cook really quickly. I always grated the cheese though!

carlamarie_2

My two year old (and 5 and 6 year olds or that matter) join in with anything that I am making. I don't see a problem with them helping at all. Obviously keep any sharp knives away from them and don't let them touch the oven. As long as you have common sense theres no problem

Recent things we have done together lately are, sausage rolls, blackberry pies, cheese straws, banana loafs, cheesy bread Cornish pasties (I use leftover mince from a cottage pie for this) pizzas (my two year old loves putting his own toppings on)

meritaten

Ive cooked with all my grandkids and start at age three. at this age what they really like to do is to use a wooden spoon and 'mix'. so even if we are making scones once we have 'tickled' the butter into the flour we still give it a good mix with wooden spoon while I pour the milk in slowly. I don't use a rolling pin to flatten the dough - we 'pat' it down. grandkids then like to use shaped cutters to cut out the scones - so we have had heart shaped scones, Christmas trees, and even rocking horse ones!
same sort of thing with fairy cakes - just let them hold the hand mixer with you (both hands) while you operate it and hold both their hands on with one of yours. they also do the 'very important' final mix with wooden spoon.

GwylimT

Cheese straws, if you want you can cheat and buy ready made pastry, you can cook and freeze, or you can just cook the ones you want to eat and freeze the others 'raw'.

jackyann

recipes that delight quickly are:
jelly (add some fruit if you like, and you can add ice so it sets quickly)
any of the cakes where you melt chocolate, butter, syrup, the stir in cereal & dried fruit

double_mummy

home made pizza
bacon quiche you make the pastry then they make the filling always fun ripping up bacon and stirring
angel delight
any plaited bread
cheese topped rolls
veggie kebabs

scaredy_cat

scones, rock cakes, refridgerator cake (no cooking involved!)

SmlSave

Thanks everyone i now have some ideas to start with!

carrieparkinson

chocolate crispie/cornflake buns..