Cooking With Kids #SatCap

Today Jamster turns 9 - Happy birthday dude! I've been cooking a big cake to celebrate but usually the weekends involve lots of baking and my little production line is very handy to have at home...

.... even if they are a bit crazy and cheeky at times!

Roaring Rocky Road Recipe (Plus Outtakes) #Bahlsen Bake Off

Nothing beats a huge box of sweet treats arriving on your doorstep, so we were more than happy to accept a hamper from Bahlsen to enjoy. The idea was to create one of the recipes using the biscuits and books provided and to video it, so we had a browse at the recipes and because there were so many that appealed we just selected one by opening the book on a random page.
We ended up choosing Roaring Rocky Road filled with marshmallows and covered in chocolate!

Not only was it fun to make with the Mini Mes while filming, but we had some delicious food to indulge with at the end - a win win situation!

You can see the video we made here,

I think Minxy is a natural in front of the camera, even if she didn't let Jamster get a word in...

They both did a fantastic job (and the rocky road was lovely) but there were a few moments when

Vanilla butter biscuits

A simple and versatile treat that can be eaten as it is or dunked in chocolate for those with an extra sweet tooth. You can also add chocolate chips, fruit and nuts, a sprinkle of sugar or ice them. Stacked up and tied with ribbon they would make a nice gift too.

Ingredients

(makes around 30)

10.5oz flour

4oz icing sugar

7oz butter

1 tbsp vanilla extract

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Line an ovenproof tray.
• Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl until it forms a soft dough.
• Roll out the dough to around 7mm in thickness and cut out your rounds (or other shapes if you wish).
• Place the biscuits onto the tray and cook for around 12 minutes until lightly browned.
• Scoff!

Sprinkle Biscuits

Minxy asked to bake some biscuits to enjoy after dinner and to pop in their lunch boxes for the week. After a browse through our collection of books and sheets she food a yummy recipe with pretty pink icing that were crisp on the outside yet crumbly in the centre. Delicious!

Ingredients

250g butter

145g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg yolk

375g plain flour

Icing and sprinkles

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
• Combine the butter, icing sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract in a bowl until creamy in texture.
• Add the flour to make a dough, cover and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill
• Roll the dough out to around 6mm and cut out the biscuits with a cutter or knife
• Place on an ovenproof baking tray and cook for around 12 minutes. They should just be starting to brown
• Leave to cool
• Make your icing using icing sugar and water/milk and decorate
• Scoff!