Age: 12+

What You’ll Need:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 5 apples
• 1 cup of flour
• 3/4 cup of brown sugar
• a dash of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius. Grease a flat baking dish.

Melt butter in the microwave and set aside to cool. Peel, core and slice the apples and place them in the baking dish. Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add egg and the melted butter to the dry ingredients, mix well using a fork. Spread the mixture over the apples and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top.

Bake for 40 mins

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Age: 10+

What You’ll Need:

• 500g cooking chocolate
• 1 tin Condensed Milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essense
• 1 cup of chopped almonds

Method:

Break up chocolate. Combine chocolate with condensed milk and vanilla essense in a saucepan. Place over another saucepan that is half filled with water. Heat the double saucepan and stir continuously as the mixture melts. Add the chopped almonds. Line a small slice tin with baking paper and pour in the fudge. Place in fridge until cool and then cut into bite sized pieces. Store in fridge.

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Age: 8+

What You’ll Need:

• 125g butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups of flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:

Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until creamy and smooth. Sift in flour, baking soda and salt. Beat well. Roll mixture into a a long roll about 6cm wide and 30cm long. Wrap the roll in baking paper and place in the fridge for a minimum of two hours.

When ready – heat the oven to 200 degrees celcius.

Use a shape knife to slice cookies off the roll and place them evenly on a greased baking tray. Bake for 10 minutes.

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Ages: 8+

What You’ll Need:

• One tin of peach halves
• 1/4 of a cup of brown sugar
• 1/4 of a teaspoon of cinnamon
• 5 teaspoons of cornflakes
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• Vanilla ice cream

Method:

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees celcius. Place peach halves with the cut side up in a baking dish. Pour peach juice into the bottom of the baking dish – not on top of the peaches.

Mix brown sugar and cinamon in a cup and sprinkle over the peaches. Place 1/2 a teaspoon of cornflakes on top of each peach. And top with a wee dot of butter.

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

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Ages: 10+

What You’ll Need:

• 1 cup of tinned apricots
• 1 cup of tinned peaches
• 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

Method:

Place 3cm of water into a large roasting pan. Place the roasting pan in the oven and set it to bake at 180 degrees celcius. Drain the peaches and apricots and place in a shallow baking dish. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the fruit. Place eggs, white sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat with a mixer. Pour the mixture over the top of the fruit. Set the baking dish into the roasting dish with the 3cm of water.

Bake for an hour.

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Ages: 2+

What You’ll Need:

• 1 cup dried apples
• 1/2 cup of dried coconut
• 1 cup dried apricots
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup of dried mango
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds
• 2 cups rolled oats
• Honey (optional)

Cut dried apples, apricots, mangos and cranberries into small pieces. Place chopped fruit into a large bowl. Combine with remaining ingredients. Mix gently.

Serve with yoghurt and a teaspoon of honey.

For Toddlers:
Help from a grown up required to chop fruit and measure ingredients. Your toddler will enjoy placing the ingredients in the bowl and combining the museli.

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Age: 10+

What You’ll Need:

• 1/2 cup of butter (loosely packed)
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 5 cups rice bubbles

Method:

Place butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan bring to the boil and then cook on low for 7 minutes. Stir constantly to ensure mixture doesn’t burn. Place rice bubbles in a mixing bowl, and pour the honey mixture over them. Combine quickly. Press mixture into a well greased cake slice tin and cut while hot.

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Ages: 10+

Ingredients:

• 4 slices of toast bread
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons butter

Method: Whisk milk and eggs together and pour into a shallow dish. Soak bread in the mixture until soft. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a frying pan and carefully place bread in the pan. Cook for 2 minutes over a medium heat and then turn over and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Topping Suggestions: Sweetened yoghurt and fresh berries, or banana with maple syrup and bacon.

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Ages: 2+

What you’ll need:

• 1 mango
• 1 banana
• 1 cup of pineapple juice
• ½ cup of coconut milk (unsweetened)
• ½ cup of plain sweetened yoghurt
• ½ cup of ice

Method:
Peel and chop fruit into cubes. Place all ingredients into a blender and blend on high until smooth. Pour into tall glasses and serve.

For Toddlers:
Help from a grown up required to prepare ingredients. Toddler can place ingredients in the blender and blend.

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Ages: 2+

What you’ll need:

• Some dried fruit – Raisins, Currants, Sultanas or diced dried apricots
• Celery
• Peanut Butter

Method:
Cut washed celery into 5 inch segments. Fill the celery cavity by spooning in peanut butter. Place dried fruit on top of the peanut butter.

For Toddlers:
Help from a grown up required – washing and cutting the celery into segments, demonstrating how to spread the peanut butter and place the dried fruit. It’s a little messy but good fun for children 2 and up.

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