Easter was around the corner. The first thought that came to mind was hot cross buns. It sounded delicious. I searched for a easy recipe for us to follow. First, we washed our hands and got ourselves prepared for baking. Next we started to follow the recipe. We measured all the dry ingredients and put it into a bowl and began to mix. Then we chopped the butter into cubes and put it into the bowl and rubbed in the butter with our finger tips. We warmed the milk and beat the eggs and poured those into the dried ingredients. Then we slowly kneaded the ingredients together to form a sticky dough. Once the dough was formed each of us got a piece of dough which we continued to knead using our hands and arms. We then shaped the dough into buns on a floured surface. Once the dough was nice and smooth we placed them on the baking tray, covered them with cling film and left them to rise for about 45 minutes to 1 hour so that it would double in size. When the buns had risen we piped crosses on top of each bun. Then it was time to bake them. We baked them for 12—15 minutes until they had risen up and had turned into a golden colour. We could not wait until they were ready. Once they were done we bushed golden syrup over them, and then ate them for lunch. They were so tasty!
There were lots of scientific learning happened during this process. observing the reaction of the dough in the oven was an entertaining scientific experience for the children to see. Learning maths concepts while measuring the ingredients is an valuable learning experience and questions such as what made the dough rise encouraged their critical thinking.
Happy Easter everyone!!!
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