St Patrick’s Day goodies
March 15th, 2010
Rainbows are a great way to teach colours, to reinforce the story of Noah’s ark , to learn about weather or to enjoy around St Patrick’s Day. Here are some rainbow foods for you and your pre schooler to make together.
Rainbow jelly
What you need:
- Jelly powder or cubes in various colours
- clear moulds (I use drinking glasses), 1 per child.
What to do:
- Follow the instructions on the packaging to make the jelly. Do one colour at a time.
- pour a small amount into each mould and allow to set in the refridgerator.
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repeat this process for all the colours you have allowing each new colour to set before adding the next layer.
Rainbow cakes or cupcakes
What you need:
- use your favourite sponge recipe or cupcake recipe
- food colouring in various colours
What to do:
- use your favourite sponge recipe or cupcake recipe
- Make the cake batter.
- Separate the batter into three (or more according to how many colour layers you want) and add food colouring ro each bowl. Mix well.
- Pour a layer of each colour into a loaf tin or spoon a teaspoon of each colour into your cupcake cases.
- Bake according to recipe instructions.
Shamrock cookies
What you need:
- 345 g plain flour
- 5 g baking soda
- 2 g baking powder
- 225 g butter, softened
- 300 g white sugar
- 1 egg
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- Green food colouring
- Icing sugar
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll dough and using shamrock shape cookie cutters, cut as many shapes as you can and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
- Once cool, mix the icing according to the instructions on the package.
- Cover the cookies in green icing.
* you could add green food colouring to the cookie dough before you bake them for added greeness!
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