Using our current topic of ‘Life Forces’, we decided to theme this half-term’s cooking around it.
What could be nicer than a hedgehog bread roll?
These are a great way to introduce the children to the art of bread making. With this fun and easy starter recipe, these mini hedgehog rolls are the cutest bake we’ve ever made!
We have done a fair bit of cooking so far this year and the children are becoming very confident in all the skills needed. These include staying safe in the kitchen and the need for good hygiene. Year 4 were able to weigh and measure the ingredients, and then could follow the recipe well.
Next, came the hard part – kneading the dough!
Using their knuckles, the class worked hard to knead the dough for five minutes. There were a few aching arms after this!
We discussed that when making yeast bread, the kneaded dough has to have some rise time. During rising, the yeast ferments (‘eats’) the sugar and develops the dough. Rising also improves the flavour and texture of the bread.
After kneading, we rounded the dough into a ball and left to rise for an hour.
When the rising was complete, the children set to work on shaping their balls of dough into hedgehogs. Using a pair of scissors appeared to be the best way to create the spikes.
Finally, with two eyes and nose, the little hedgehogs were ready for the oven.
The finished product – healthy, fun and of course cute!
