Mrs. Jana McKinney from the McPherson County Extention Office does a wonderful program in which the kids make thier own loaves of bread and learn some of the science behind it.
We all know Kansas is famous for its wheat and wheat makes flour, so as part of our Kansas Day activities, 2nd graders spent Monday morning baking bread!
We mixed wheat and white flour together because wheat flour has whole grains and whole grains are good for us. Yeast, salt, butter, sugar and warm water were all added and stirred. After all of the ingredients were mixed, the kids split the dough with their partner and kneaded the dough. Then, it was 'put to bed' to rest and raise. After our bread had rested, we woke it up and shaped it to go into the loaf pans.
As our bread dough was raising, Mrs. McKinney showed us how to make bubble bread from the same bread dough recipe. The pinched the dough into balls, rolled it in melted butter then cinnamon and sugar. After recess, this was a warm, sweet treat for us to enjoy!
Enjoy the pictures!
1 comment:
Hey second graders! Your bread smelled sooooo good! I almost tip-toed in the kitchen and sliced off a few pieces of it for myself! What a neat activity you got to do!
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