Youth involved in baking projects learn how to sift, measure, and mix their way to successful and delicious baked goods!
Objectives
Youth will:
- Learn to read and follow recipes
- Accurately measure ingredients with the appropriate tools
- Explore baking ingredients, as well as different kitchen equipment and techniques
- Understand baking terminology, such as folding, cutting, and sifting
4-H Baking Curriculum
Available from the Extension office or online.
Learn how and why quick bread recipes are so tasty as you bake your way through updated activities. See what makes a wheat kernel tick and learn how the quick bread ingredients react with one another. You’ll also explore careers in the kitchen, and learn how to alter a recipe for more healthful benefits. Includes gluten-free recipes.
4-H Cake Decorating Digital Download
This manual helps you practice techniques and skills used to create beautiful, edible masterpieces! From piping techniques, to icing and cake recipes, find out how fondant, buttercream, pillars, and boards are involved in the process. Learn the supplies and tools of the trade to help decorate your bakes, and find helpful advice on leveling up both your cakes, and decorating skills.
Washington 4-H Records, Forms, and Guides
For youth members
- C1099E – 4-H Food Activity Worksheet
- C0889E – Bread Baking Record
- C1132E – Specialty Baking Powder/Baking Soda Bread Products Score Card
- EM3443E – Dinner is Served: An Etiquette Guide
A publication with illustrations all about the etiquette for informal and formal dinners.
Publication on: preparing dishes to wash, how to wash, rinse, and finish plus cleanup jobs after washing the dishes.
PNW250 – You Can Prevent Foodborne Illness
For adult helpers and club leaders
- C1098E – 4-H Food Activity Scoresheet
- C1097E – 4-H Food Activity Scoresheet Evaluation Criteria
- State Foods & Nutrition Project Resources
Helpful Resources
Activity Ideas
Kid-Friendly Baking Recipes – King Arthur Baking
45 Recipes We Learned as 4-H Kids – Taste of Home
Washington Specific Reference Material
Contains recipes for basic biscuits, muffins, pancakes, cookies, and pizza.
From Related Organizations, Journals, and Professionals
Baking with Kids: An Age-by-Age Guide to Kitchen Skills
Teaching kids to bake? Author Deanna F. Cook says one way to keep the rewards sweet is by giving them kitchen tasks they can master at every age, from toddler to tween.
Baking with Kids – Bob’s Red Mill
There’s no better way to inspire a lifelong love of cooking and enjoying nutritious recipes in your little ones than by baking with kids.
The wonderful thing about doing so is that there’s no need to involve hot stoves or difficult-to-handle ingredients. Everyone can have their own distinct job and siblings can work together to stir, measure and pour. Not only is baking with kids a fun activity, but it helps with math, reading and motor skills, too.
Before we dive into baking recipes for kids, let’s cover some tips that will help everyone (mom and dad included) keep things clean, organized and fun in the kitchen.
Kits, Projects, and Activities from National 4-H