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Here's a quick and easy bread recipe to try with your class.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 pkg. dry yeast
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup hot water
1 cup white flour
nonstick spray
measuring cups
measuring spoons
gallon-size plastic resealable bag (or largest size available)
dishtowel
loaf pan
Directions
• Pour whole wheat flour, yeast, and salt in bag
• Seal bag and shake
• Open bag and add oil, honey, and water
• Seal bag, squeezing out air
• Squeeze ingredients to mix
• Open bag and add white flour
• Seal again and squeeze and knead bag for 10 minutes
• Place bag in warm place, such as a sunny windowsill or warm stovetop, and cover with a dishtowel (to keep dough dark and warm)
• Let rise for about 1 hour (dough doubles
in size)
• Spray loaf pan with nonstick spray
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Punch dough down through bag
• Remove dough from bag and place in pan
• Cover pan with dishtowel and set aside
• Let dough rise until it reaches top of pan’s sides
• Place pan in oven and bake until golden (about
35 minutes)
• Let bread cool before serving
Excerpted from L.J. Colker, The Cooking Book: Fostering Young Children’s Learning and Delight (Washington, DC: NAEYC, 2005), 104.
