{"product_id":"david-athertons-baking-book-for-kids-isbn-9781536231304","title":"David Atherton’s Baking Book for Kids","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e David Atherton delivers his eagerly anticipated first baking book, jam-packed with kid-friendly recipes for budding young bakers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreheat the oven and get cracking—there are bakes to make! This third serving from \u003ci\u003eGreat British Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e winner David Atherton guides readers through a veritable feast of sweet and savory baked treats. From snacky samosas to hot cross hedgehogs, from loaves baked in flowerpots to an ombre cake (your friends will think it came from a fancy bakery), these recipes are so delicious and easy to follow, they’ll have the reader named star baker in no time! Featuring oven-hot tips, a review of a baker’s cupboard, an equipment list, step-by-step instructions, and delightful illustrations by award-winning illustrator Harry Woodgate, this collection of mouthwatering recipes from David Atherton will bring little bakers and their loved ones together in the kitchen again and again.You may recognize Atherton as the 2019 winner of the Great British Baking Show and his other popular kids’ cookbooks, Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook and Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook Vegetarian. With colorful illustrations, including the step-by-step instructions for each recipe, this is a super kid-friendly cookbook not only in content (sausage roll flowers, hot cross hedgehogs, and a focaccia sunflower picture, to name a few) but in style. A great gift and just good fun, this cookbook teaches valuable skills that go beyond the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e—Amazon Book Review\u003cb\u003eDavid Atherton \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003ci\u003e Bake\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Make\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand Learn to Cook: Fun and Healthy Recipes for Young Cooks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBake\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Make\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e and Learn to Cook Vegetarian: Healthy and Green Recipes for Young Cooks.\u003c\/i\u003e The 2019 winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Baking Show \u003c\/i\u003eand a former international health adviser, he now writes a food column for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, where he shares some of his fun and healthy recipes. David Atherton is passionate about ensuring that children grow up as food lovers and understand how to make tasty, healthy food. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Woodgate\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and illustrator. Their books include \u003ci\u003eTimid\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2022 Stonewall Honor Book \u003ci\u003eGrandad’s Camper.\u003c\/i\u003e They are passionate about writing and illustrating inclusive books that inspire children to be inquisitive, creative, kind, and proud of what makes them unique. They have loved baking from a young age and dream of one day owning a bookshop café and artists’ space. Harry Woodgate lives in St. Albans, England.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For me and for lots of people, baking is the BEST! Everyone should learn how to bake. It’s fun, it helps you relax, and you feel good because you create something and learn something new every time you bake. I love playing music and dancing around the kitchen when I’m baking, and I hope your baking space becomes your happy place.\u003cbr\u003e   In this book you’ll discover recipes for cakes, delicious breads, cookies, pastries, and other yummy treats to enjoy with your friends and family. Whether you want bread rolls for your lunch, pies for a picnic, cookies for an after-school snack, or even a fancy showstopper cake, this baking book has the recipe, whatever the occasion.\u003cbr\u003e   Baking isn’t about making the perfect bakes; it’s about having fun, trying new things, and spending time together. Kneading bread, cutting out cookies, or icing a cake all take practice and require concentration, but with a little perseverance, and some help from your family, you’ll soon develop your baking skills.\u003cbr\u003e   So, together with someone you love, pick a recipe from this book, tie on your apron, and have fun!\u003cbr\u003e David\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Art of Baking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaking is so much fun, and I’m especially interested in the science behind it. If you want your cakes to rise, your bread to be soft, or your cookies to snap, then you need to follow the recipe carefully! Here are a few handy tips, tricks, and facts to get your baking down to a fine art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaise your cake game\u003cbr\u003e   In order to rise, cakes need a raising agent like baking powder, which contains baking soda (an alkali) and cream of tartar (an acid). When the powder gets wet, the alkali reacts with the acid to make tiny bubbles, helping the cake to rise and giving it a light, spongy texture. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Liven up your bread\u003cbr\u003e   Yeast is added to dough to make it rise. When combined with water, flour, \u003cbr\u003e and salt and left to proof (or rest) in a warm place, the yeast produces a gas that gets trapped in the dough, helping it to rise into a loaf of bread.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Spring into action!\u003cbr\u003e   Gluten acts like little springs that add elasticity to bread dough. Yeast helps bread rise, but if there isn’t enough gluten, your bread will fall flat. Gluten needs to be stretched out to work best, which is why you knead dough and stretch it with your hands.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Cold and crumbly\u003cbr\u003e   We want pastry to be flaky, not chewy, and the best way to ensure this is to use cold butter. If you rub cold butter into flour, it coats the tiny bits of flour, stopping liquid from sticking the flour together, which would make the pastry stretchy and chewy. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sweet and snappy\u003cbr\u003e   Sugar makes a cookie snap! It melts when baking, then recrystallizes when cooling, which gives the cookie its crunch. This is why cookies are soft when they come out of the oven but harden as they cool. If your cookies are too soft, try leaving them in the oven for two more minutes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chill before baking\u003cbr\u003e   Because cookies contain fat, which melts during cooking, cookies spread out before they set into shape when fully cooked. If you chill the dough after you’ve cut out your shapes, they will take longer to melt in the oven and won’t spread out as much.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Before you get going \u003cbr\u003e   It takes time to learn how to be safe in the kitchen. All the recipes in this book will need adult supervision—work together and have fun!\u003cbr\u003e   If you have food allergies or are cooking for someone who does, you need to check the ingredients list carefully.\u003cbr\u003e   Finally, I am a nurse, so it is especially important for me to remind you to wash and dry your hands before cooking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaking Pantry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yeast is dried and becomes active once wet. In this book, we use fast-acting yeast. You can use fresh yeast, but you’ll need to double the amount. Always make sure yeast hasn’t expired.\u003cbr\u003e   Seeds add a fun texture to your bakes and also make them healthier. You can add a teaspoon of small seeds (such as poppy seeds or sesame seeds) to almost all types of bread, cakes, cookies, or pastries without having to change the recipe.\u003cbr\u003e   Dried fruits add sweetness to a bake, but they’re also full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, which are so good for us. It is easy to add dried fruit to bread and cookies, but with cakes, it is best to follow a recipe that includes them in the ingredients—otherwise the weight of the fruit could make your cake collapse.\u003cbr\u003e   Food coloring is a great way to make a plain bake really special. I recommend using color gels or pastes since they don’t change the consistency of your mix. Look for natural food colors that are made from vegetables and fruits, and don’t use ones with artificial chemicals. \u003cbr\u003e   Root vegetables like carrots, parsnips, or sweet potatoes make breads and cakes soft, sweet, and, most importantly, healthier. You can experiment and switch parsnips for carrots, or sweet potato for rutabaga.\u003cbr\u003e   Butter and spreads are used in a lot of cakes, pastries, and cookies. Some bakes are known for their buttery flavor, but there are lots of really good alternatives made with sunflower oil, soy beans, or vegetable fats.\u003cbr\u003e   Milks and yogurts were traditionally made with cow’s milk. Nowadays you can buy all kinds of milks and yogurts made from plants, like oat milk or soy yogurt. For the recipes in this book, you can use whichever milks, yogurts, or spreads you like.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWeighing and measuring\u003cbr\u003e   All recipes are measured in ounces (oz) and cups.\u003cbr\u003e   Tsp = teaspoon. 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