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Cooking In The Kitchen Having Fun – Cherry & Coconut Rock Buns

September 22, 2014 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 6 Comments

It’s been aggesssssss since I last wrote one of these posts so I apologise for that but we have still been baking together and having fun – sometimes I forget to take pics or write down recipes while make lots of mess and eat all the cake mixture!

Last week we baked a few times together firstly in preparation for her birthday party – cupcakes freeze well don’t ya know?

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And secondly we made some rock buns which always go down well as it means Izzy can put her hands in the mixture and have a good play about in the kitchen. This time around I gave her some more challenging jobs such chopping the cherries up and helping me weigh the ingredients out and we had a ball.

Izzy preparing to bake with one of the lovely spoons that was gifted to us by Flora as a present when Chloe was born:

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Cherry & Coconut Buns

You will need:

225g Self Raising Flour
100g Butter/Margarine ( we used flora buttery)
50g caster sugar
1 medium beaten egg
1 large handful of glacé cherries ( roughly chopped)
30g Sweet shredded coconut
2tbsp of milk

Preheat oven to gas mark 6.

Rub your butter into your flour – this is the fun and messy part for kids!
Add your sugar, cherries and coconut and mix well. Now add your egg and 1tbsp of milk and mix to a stuff dough – kids may need help here. If it’s too dry add your second tbsp of milk. Place in balls on a greased baking tray or you could use a silicon cupcake mould. Bake for about 12 minutes or until golden.

Izzy chopping the cherries.. one for the bowl ..one for her belly.

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And the only pic I have of the finished product. They were devoured still warm in about 10 minutes. Oops.

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Cooking in the kitchen..having fun – Blueberry Muffins

February 7, 2014 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 1 Comment

I’m a mean mum. I don’t let Izzy eat anything sweet after 4.30pm and I try to limit the amount of chocolate/cakes she eats generally.

So maybe I’m a little strict about food. But she’s never hungry, she has lots of snacks – healthy ones mostly and the occasional treat.

What I do like to do is bake with her at home. She has all the fun of baking and I know exactly what has gone into the food she is eating. Cakes are our biggest treats. I especially like to teach her to make fruit cakes, banana bread, rock cakes with raisins and new to our recipe repertoire BLUEBERRY MUFFINS. Yum.

Izzy loves blueberries. Loves them. She also likes cake. A lot. A combo of the two was always going to be a winner.

To make these muffin/cakes ( it’s a bit more cakey than muffiny ( is muffiny a word) but totally delicious all the same) you will need:

250g Plain flour
225g Caster sugar
120g Butter
2 Medium Eggs
150g Blueberries
130ml milk
10g Baking powder
1tsp Vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

Preheat your oven to gas mark 4(180).

Mix together your flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. In another bowl cream your butter and sugar together before adding your eggs and beating in well. Add your dry ingredients to the wet, adding your milk and vanilla at that time also and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in your blueberries. Split between your cake cases/silicon muffin trays. The amount it makes depends on the size of muffin/cake cases you use… Also how generous your toddler is being with the dolloping. As a guide I made 12 normal sized cakes (cupcake size) and 6 mini muffins.

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Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and spring back when pressed lightly with a finger. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

You could lightly dust with some icing sugar to pretty them up afterwards.

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* I also let Izzy add some blueberries to the top of her mini muffins which she enjoyed.

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They really are delicious and so simple to make. A perfect breakfast treat for all the family.

COOKING WITH KIDS

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What to expect…

December 28, 2013 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 2 Comments

What to expect from my blog in 2014…

* Two new regular features:

– We can cook – this will be a recipe that you can cook with your children with pictures/videos of myself and my daughter showing you how we do it.

– We go together like… – this will be a monthly recipe showing you how two flavours can work well together inspired by my new Flavour Thesaurus.

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* Family Festival Fun – I will be telling you all about the best festivals of the summer to visit with your little ones as well as the most drool worthy food festivals.

*Travelling with two – all about our travels ( we hope to do a lot) and the laughter, fun, tears and tantrums which go with it.

All this as well as thrifty posts.. starting very soon.. weight loss, recipes, general ramblings and parenting stories.

I hope you continue to read and enjoy in 2014 and please comment if you like as I love to read them!

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