If you’re looking for easy baking ideas to make this weekend, here’s an easy recipe for you. Make puff pastry recipe with raspberries with your kids and have a fun-filled baking activity. Baking is the best activity to teach them patience and following instructions. It also enhances kids’ motor skills. Let them get dirty and don’t worry about the mess. Let them help with clean up afterwards, too.
Baking Ideas to Teach Learning Concepts
At a young age, children should also be taught practical life skills such as cooking, baking, cleaning up, caring for one self, and proper communication. It is never to early to train them and teach them the right concepts. As they grow older, these values will be instilled in them and you won’t have a hard time molding them.
Baking is one of the activities where you can teach a lot of concepts. During the pandemic, as more children got homeschooled, parents became creative in teaching lessons. With baking, you can teach math through measurements and counting. While waiting for the pastry to cook, you can teach them the concept of time, too. You can also practice discipline and following instructions because they have to follow the baking instructions to the dot. Otherwise, the recipe will fail. As mentioned previously, baking is both an art and a science. You can be creative, but you should be precise when it comes to measurements.
Making Puff Pastry Recipe with Raspberries
What’s great about this recipe is that it only takes a few minutes to prepare. If you’re making them with young ones, it teaches them to be patient yet it won’t take that long. The fun part is when the young ones spoon the chocolate on the puff pastry wrapper and fold them into creative shapes or designs. Top it off with a raspberry and you’re good to go!
Be more productive during weekends and use it as an opportunity not just to bond with your kids but teach them practical life skills. Baking and cooking are among the activities you can make with them. Start with this easy puff pastry recipes with raspberries and move on to other recipes such as cookies, cupcakes, and more.
Conclusion
It’s never too early to teach children how to cook or bake. As soon as they are able to follow instructions, start them young. You’ll thank yourself later. It takes time and effort but it is totally worth it!
If you’re looking for more baking ideas to make with your kids, you can also try this healthy Chewy Oat Cookies recipe.
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Puff Pastry Recipe with Raspberries
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg wash
- 9 pieces raspberries
- 2 tbsp chocolate hazelnut spread
- powdered sugar to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C)
- Cut the puff pastry into equal-sized squares.
- To design the pastries into flowers, cut an x into the pastry but make sure that the cuts do not meet in the center. Otherwise, just leave the square pastries and shape them later.
- Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of hazelnut spread into the center of the puff pastry.
- Form each puff pastry into the shape that you desire and pinch the edges or corners until the pastry sticks. Brush both sides of the fold with egg wash.
- Place a raspberry in the center of the puff pastry.
- Line your baking sheets with parchment paper. Arrange the puff pastries on the lined baking sheet.
- Bake the puff pastries for 15 to 20 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
