Get Baking for the Holidays: Get Baking for Christmas!
2 2 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 4 Get Ready to Bake When Christmas comes around it's the perfect opportunity to head to the kitchen and get baking You can enjoy eating your festive treats at parties with family and friends or give your delicious baked creations as Christmas gifts Be Prepared Before cooking always wash your hands well with soap and hot water Make sure the kitchen countertop and all your equipment is clean Read the recipe carefully before you start cooking If you don't understand a step ask an adult to help you Gather together all the ingredients and equipment you will need Baking is more fun when you're prepared Measuring Counts Make sure you measure your ingredients carefully If you get a measurement wrong it could affect how successful your baking is Use measuring scales or a measuring cup to measure dry and liquid ingredients Measuring spoons can be used to measure small amounts of ingredients 500 400 300 200 1 100 50 Measuring cup Measuring spoons
Have Fun Stay Safe It's very important to have an adult around whenever you do any of the following tasks in the kitchen Using a mixer the stovetop burners or an oven Using sharp utensils such as knives and vegetable peelers or corers Working with heated pans pots or baking sheets Always use oven mitts when handling heated pans pots or baking sheets REMEMBER Clean up the kitchen and put all your equipment away once you've finished baking 5
6 Frosty Christmas Trees Bake some delicious star shaped cookies then stack them Decorate with some sprinkles glitter sugar and candies and you will have created a forest of mini edible Christmas trees These cookie trees make fun holiday decorations and are also a wonderful gift to give to your family and friends The quantities on this page will make 2 or 3 Christmas trees To make the cookie dough 1½ cups all purpose flour plus a little extra for dusting ½ cup superfine sugar 5 ounces butter or margarine plus a little for greasing Ingredients For the frosting and decorations 1 cup powdered sugar plus extra for dusting 1 cup water Your choice of candy and sprinkles
Step 1 Grease the cookie sheets with a little butter to keep your cookies from sticking to the sheets Step 3 Add the flour and mix the ingredients with the spoon Next use your hands to rub and combine the ingredients until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs Finally use your hands to squeeze and knead the mixture to make a ball of soft dough Ball of dough 2 large cookie sheets Mixing bowl Wooden spoon Plastic wrap Rolling pin Step 2 Put the butter and sugar into the mixing bowl and cream together with the wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy Equipment Set of star shaped cookie cutters Step 4 Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in a refrigerator for 30 minutes Oven mitts 2 potholders Wire rack for cooling Sieve Small bowl A spoon for mixing frosting A brush 7
