Super Simple Baking Recipes for Kids Make Breads, Muffins, Cookies, Pies, Pizza Dough, and More!

by Brooks, Leah

• ISBN13: 9780760390849
• ISBN10: 0760390843
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-10-22
• Publisher: New Shoe Press

Summary

Make baking a joyful adventure with fun and accessible recipes for kids of all ages.

Adapted from the best-selling Baking with Kids, Super Simple Baking Recipes for Kids is the ultimate guide for parents to introduce children to the joys of baking. Celebrated chef and instructor Chef Leah Brooks creates a safe and engaging environment with:
 

• An introduction to using kitchen equipment safely
• A review of essential ingredients for crafting delightful baked treats
• Recipes for muffins, scones, breads, pretzels, crackers, pizza dough, pie crust, cake, cookies, cupcakes, and more!
• Step-by-step photo illustrations for each recipe
• Encouragement to get creative, fostering a love for baking

With easy-to-follow recipes and visual guides, kids will learn essential skills while having fun in the kitchen. Encourage their creativity and cultivate a love for baking with this engaging and educational book.

Author Biography

Leah Brooks is the founder of Young Urban Modern Chefs (Y.U.M. Chefs), a San Francisco cooking school for kids. Y.U.M. Chefs holds classes, summer camps, and birthday parties for hundreds of children a year in its kitchen/classroom in the Mission District. Their focus is on changing the way kids see food, making it approachable, healthy, and fun. They also emphasize seasonality, and have a well-used classroom garden to teach growing and harvesting fresh vegetables. They’re also a staple at the Noe Valley Farmers Market, where they do community outreach and hold a monthly class. They are a project of Open Mind, a non-profit dedicated to the development and education of children.

Leah Brooks grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, where she began her culinary career. She graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle’s culinary program and worked under two of Seattle’s James Beard Award–winning chefs for seven years. Leah currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she shares her passion for local fresh foods with young people in her celebrated hands-on cooking classes at Young Urban Modern Chefs (Y.U.M. Chefs). Leah’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal as well as on local Bay Area parent resource websites.