A home for their hearts Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My dd11 loves to bake and would be so happy if I would just hand off all our baking to her. I'm a little nervous about letting her do anything completely by herself. I was thinking though that it would be great if there was a curriculum that taught her not only how to bake, but how ingredients in baking work together. I don't know if that makes sense? Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morosophe Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 You could start with the classic: chocolate chip cookies! Baking 911 talks a little about the chemistry behind what makes cookies puffy or flat, and gives recipes for chewy, puffy, and thin chocolate chip cookies. The site also has some other baking science your daughter should be able to sink her teeth into. (What a horrible pun, it wasn't intentional, I'm sorry!) Otherwise, this page of links from Penn State seems like a useful resource to explore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 My dd11 loves to bake and would be so happy if I would just hand off all our baking to her. I'm a little nervous about letting her do anything completely by herself. I was thinking though that it would be great if there was a curriculum that taught her not only how to bake, but how ingredients in baking work together. I don't know if that makes sense? Any suggestions? You might see if you can find Messing Around with Baking Chemistry by Zubrowski http://www.amazon.com/Messing-Around-Chemistry-Childrens-Activity/dp/0316988790/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311299077&sr=8-1 But this won't really teach her many recipes. Marion Cunningham's Cooking with Children and the Williams Sonoma Baking Book are both quite well done and age appropriate, with good quality items (not melted chocolate + marshmallows + sprinkles + whatever). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I was reading about this on another post, and lots of people seemed to recommend some of Alton Brown's books or even his tv show, which I've never seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Good Eats is great. In one episode, he explained the different chemical reactions that take place for each type of bake goods( it was either pie or cakes theme). I think the series is on dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfletcher8091 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I was reading about this on another post, and lots of people seemed to recommend some of Alton Brown's books or even his tv show, which I've never seen? Totally agree with using Alton Brown. Cooking, science, history, he's got it all. The show is called Good Eats, and it airs on Food Network; most of the episodes are available on YouTube. Here is a link to the Episode Index to Good Eats, with show topics and links to the YouTube episodes: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/gefp/EpisodeByOrder.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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