Holiday Reading Challenge

Food Glorious Food

Food is often mentioned in stories, or you might like to read a recipe book.  Find something that you could cook for your family and make it.  Take a photo or write out the recipe and post it onto your blog with a comment that tells you:

Title - The Pancake Runaway

Author - Mairi Mackinnon

Type of Book - Action

Recipe ↴

Ingredients

• 2 cups of flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbs sugar
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp vanilla
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted*
• 1 1/2 - 2 cups water

Directions

1

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and sugar into a medium sized bowl.

Stir dry ingredients with a fork or spoon.

2

Add in the vanilla extract and the melted butter.

3

Add in the water to the batter until the batter is the right consistency. I add in 1 1/2 cups first and then gradually add a bit more as needed. Not too thin or not too thick.

4

Now is the time to add in any of the extras your kids like.

I add in berries and bananas as the final step. When you add in blueberries and/or bananas be sure to only stir slightly.

5

Finally spoon the batter onto a heated griddle. Have fun making those pancakes!

Holiday Reading - Food Glorious Food

Food Glorious Food

 

Food is often mentioned in stories, or you might like to read a recipe book.  Find something that you could cook for your family and make it.  Take a photo or write out the recipe and post it onto your blog with a comment that tells you:

- Title - Making Whoopies

- Author - Nancy Griffin

- Type of Book - Cook Book

- Recipe - Chocolate Whoopies

 

Ingredients - Cakes

 

1/2 cups of butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 large egg

1/2 cup cocoa

2 1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 cup milk

 

Filling

1 cup of vegetable shortening

1 cup sugar

1 1/3 cups marshmallow fluff/creme

1/4 teaspoon salt dissolved in 1 tablespoon water

1 1/2 vanilla extract

 

Method

 

Preheat the oven to 180 fan forced. Lightly grease two baking sheets.

 

1. In a large bowl mix together the butter, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla until smooth. Add the egg, again mix until smooth. Add the cocoa, stir to combine.

 

2. Add the flour to the batter alternately with the milk, mix until smooth. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl, and mix again briefly to soften.

 

3. Drop the batter by the quarter-cupfuls onto the baking sheets, leaving plenty of room between the cakes, they will spread in the oven.

 

4. Bake the cakes for 15 - 16 minutes, until they're set and firm to the touch. Remove them from the oven, and cool on the sheets while still lukewarm, use a spatula to separate them from the pan, this will allow it to cool completely.

 

5. Make the filling by beating together the shortening, sugar, and marshmallow until well combine. Dissolve the salt in the water and add to the marshmallow mixture. Add the vanilla and beat until smooth.

 

6. Spread the filling on the flat side of the half of the cooled cakes. Top with the remaining cakes, flat side toward the filling.