Fun Food
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by Nicole Özturan
Children love finger food, and this is an easy way to bring some excitement to something as ordinary as a slice of cheese. Use a cookie cutter (or several different shapes) to cut out slices of cheese, bread, cucumber, salami, anything really. For example, using a gingerbread man shape you can cut out forms from bread (pre-sliced ‘Tost' bread works best) and make little sandwiches with your favorite fixing. Use animal shapes and decorate with thinly sliced carrots, peppers, olives, etc. Who knows, this might be an opportunity to get something wholesome into your picky eater! Banana cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
The following recipe is from Epicurious
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups sour cream (yoghurt may be substituted)
1 1/3 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 large)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature (Green-topped Labne brand)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch metal baking pan. In
medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Using electric
mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in large bowl until blended. Add eggs and
beat until fluffy. Mix in 3/4 cup sour cream, bananas and lemon juice. Add dry
ingredients to banana mixture and beat until well blended. Transfer batter to
prepared pan. Bake cake until top is golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about
30 minutes. Cool completely on rack. (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Cover
cake and freeze. Thaw before continuing.)Beat remaining 1/2 cup sour cream, powdered sugar and cream cheese in large bowl until well blended. Spread frosting over cooled cake.
Variations: Add broken chocolate bits or chopped nuts in the batter; Try it in cupcake tins for a child sized snack.
For more recipe ideas Epicurious has complied close to 500 well-tested, kid-friendly recipes.
Old Fashioned Scones
Ingredients:
2 c. (450 g) Flour
3 tsp.(15 g) baking powder
2 Tbsp. (30 g) sugar
1/2 tsp.(2.5 g) salt
4 Tbsp. (60 grams) butter
2 eggs, beaten (reserve 1 Tbsp. egg white for brushing on top)
1/3 c.(84 ml) milk
2 tsp. (10 g) sugar
In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in eggs and milk until the dough is stiff.
Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead slightly until dough is no
longer sticky. Divide into two parts. Roll each part out to make a circle about
6 inches in diameter and about 1 inch thick. With a knife cut each circle into
4 wedges.
Arrange on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Brush tops of scones
with the egg white and sprinkle each wedge with a bit of the 2 tsp. of sugar.
Bake in 400°F (205°C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with your favorite topping.
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