Today in preschool we talked about changing wheat into bread. We took whole wheat-
Turned it into flour- it was so cute because the kids thought that when I opened the container it would be flowers not flour. I tried to explain the difference to them but they just had to see it for themselves. Some of my kids you could tell that they had helped their mom in the kitchen a few times- some of them you could tell had no idea!
Then I asked the if they were ready to eat it and explained what else we had to add to the flour to make it bread. We tossed it all into the bread maker while we went onto other things and put it on the dough setting so we could cook it in a regular loaf. I didn't get a picture of the dough but I gave them a little bit to touch after each step so they could feel it and describe how it changed. so it went from smooth and hard to soft and powdery and then sticky and squishy to YUMMY!
(this picture is why flash sucks :) but I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with the camera as the kids were getting very impatient to eat some of their bread!) They were in heaven!
My recipe for one loaf of bread:
4 c. whole wheat flour (I use hard white because that is what my family likes best)
2 t. yeast
1 3/8 C. Hot water
1 1/2 t. Salt
3T. Oil
3T. Honey
Put it in the bread maker and then pull it out and toss it in the oven on 375 for about 25-30 min.
Turned it into flour- it was so cute because the kids thought that when I opened the container it would be flowers not flour. I tried to explain the difference to them but they just had to see it for themselves. Some of my kids you could tell that they had helped their mom in the kitchen a few times- some of them you could tell had no idea!
Then I asked the if they were ready to eat it and explained what else we had to add to the flour to make it bread. We tossed it all into the bread maker while we went onto other things and put it on the dough setting so we could cook it in a regular loaf. I didn't get a picture of the dough but I gave them a little bit to touch after each step so they could feel it and describe how it changed. so it went from smooth and hard to soft and powdery and then sticky and squishy to YUMMY!
(this picture is why flash sucks :) but I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with the camera as the kids were getting very impatient to eat some of their bread!) They were in heaven!
My recipe for one loaf of bread:
