What to do for primary school cooking?

[Himalaya]

Mumsnet brain can you help me...

I have been doing cooking with DS's year 3 class in small groups. So far we have done chocolate chip cookies and I am just cooking with the last batch of kids this week, which means I need a new recipe for next week (and the following weeks).

Here are the specs, it needs to be:

1. not too expensive ingredients (no truffles..)
2. only one stage and then bake (no icing, because they go back to class once its in the oven)
3. a crowd pleaser and not likely to put off the fussy ones
4. preferably not 'creamed method' (because we've done that before)

I was thinking about scones, little pizzas on scone bases, bread rolls with fast acting yeast, or something else...?

What do you think?

What about jam tarts?

Nice to look at, the fussy ones might lick off the jam even if they won't eat pastry, and it's rubbing-in method. Plus it's genuinely useful.

Soda bread? Or baked apples?

You could stuff the baked apples with raisins and butter and sugar.

Cheese straws, rock cakes (rubbing in method).

No food mixers.

Also, I forgot needs to be something they can take home cold.

I'm leaning towards jam tarts now.... But keep 'em coming, I'll need a few recipe ideas stacked up!

What a lovely job! How did you get to do that if you don't mind me asking and going off course a bit.

Ah, couldtryharder, not a job, just a voluntary thing. Thought I'd be better at this than hearing kids read.

in our kindergarten class (3 - 4 year olds) this year we have done

bread
pizza
pineapple upside down cake (today)
banana bread
chocolate crispy cakes
pastry with goats cheese and spinach on
cup cakes
apple pie
jam tarts

thats less than half of this year but i cant remember the rest!

What a great thing to volunteer to do. I think it's so important that we teach kids about food from an early age.

I was thinking cheese scones: rubbing in butter/flour, grating cheese, breaking eggs, pouring in milk - quite a lot of skills for them to have a go at, plus cheap and quick to cook....

what a lovely thing to help with

Another idea - pastry with things spread on then rolled up and cut into "wheels" and baked - eg pesto, cheese and herbs, even choc spread

Teach them how to make cheese.

gingerbread men?
frittata?

Ooo yes, love gingerbread men. (although I always think they need icing)

Fritatta, hmmm like that, but they would have to wait while the potatoes boil. And then all get round the stove. Not sure I'm brave enough for that yet.

Individual trifles are fun with little ones. Give each a plastic cup. They put a broken trifle finger in the bottom and a tsp of jam, then chopped fresh or tinned fruit of their choice, a couple of tablespoons of ready prep. custard and the fun bit is squirty cream from a can on the top and srinkles.

I ran cookery classes with KS1 and KS2 for two years in a prep school - so I have other ideas and recipes if you're stuck.

Do you know about the British Nutrition Foundation's 'Food, a Fact of Life'?.

It has lots of information and recipes and is divided into separate age groups and has information and suggestions for all sorts of situations / facilities. recipes

A few things I make with my little one that are easy and one stage:

carrot cake but don't bother with icing as really not required

ginger biscuits with the consistency of play doh pre cooking

Moonuts - half muffin half doughnut

cheese biscuits

choc and cherry flapjack which you could leave nuts out of

carrot fritters

I want your job! :)

Oh and the carrot fritters can be eaten cold by the way.

I have done cooking with year 1's, and had some success with:
flapjack
fruit salad (good for teaching about basic cutting /peeling)
cheese straws
strawberry shortcake (basically scones split open with whipped cream loaded on top and cut strawberries - they can do cream and cut strawbs while scones are cooking)
If you need a quick one, oatcakes are quite simple to make, give good practice rolling out and are surprisingly popular.
Enjoy!