Classroom Cooking Recipe

Greetings. Today, I am going to share a cooking recipe that I had used with my students. You can adapt the recipe accordingly to each student's skill level. Students love to participate in any fashion; from reading the recipe, to preparing the ingredients, measuring the ingredients, pouring and mixing the ingredients, and lastly and best of all eating the combination of the ingredients.

I feel so lucky to have lived in Oregon most of my life because of the wonderful selection of organic produce that you can find in most health food stores. One day in my classroom, we made homemade applesauce and the kids loved it! This cooking activity was successful because we had spent a couple of days on reviewing the content of the recipe before actually making it.

Homemade Applesauce

6 large apples
1/2 cup of water
1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice (from a lemon)
1/4 cup of fine sugar
pinch of allspice
pinch of cinnamon

You will need a large saucepan, hot plate, colander, large bowl, measuring cups, measuring spoon, towels, plastic knifes, and a cutting board. I would let the adults peel each of the apples and core the center. Then you can quarter each of the apples and let the students cut the apples into small pieces with their plastic knifes. Put the cut up pieces of apples into a large bowl. Add the water, fresh squeezed lemon juice, sugar, and spices. Stir all the ingredients together. Put the ingredients into a large saucepan and cook over a medium heat. The adult should be the only person around the stove stirring the apples. Cook until tender. Let the apples cool down before pressing them into the colander. Serve warm.

As a teacher, you can make a copy of the recipe and give to each of your students. Each student can participate in this cooking activity. It might take some creativity on your part, but it can be done. Here are a couple of ideas. You can have several students write the recipe onto a large piece of white paper or onto a chalk board, students can make copies of the recipe and give to each student, there is preparatory and clean up work, produce needs to be washed and dried, apples need to be cut up into small pieces and measuring of the ingredients.

bon appetit
Ms. C