Cheesy Broccoli and Ranch Smashed Potatoes
In this activity, kids will make a simple, tasty recipe using fresh or frozen broccoli.
Allergen-Free Baking
Recipes for Kids
These treats are easy to make and easy on the belly.
About the Activities
Just about everyone loves delicious baked goods, but some people are allergic to the standard gluten-based flours used in most recipes. These simple alternatives from Kristin Osika, the 2021 4-H Youth-in-Action Winner, leave out the gluten but pack all of the scrumptious taste. Plus, they’re easy and fun for kids—or anyone else—to make.
Brought to you by Kristin Osika, 4-H Youth-in-Action Winner
Grades: 6-12
Topic: Cooking, Food Science, Food Safety, Agriculture
Easy Coffee Cake
Treat yourself to a perfectly portioned serving of coffee cake, and pair it with your breakfast or enjoy it as a sweet treat after dinner. This sensational cinnamon dessert is baked in a microwave and designed to be single-serve, but that doesn’t mean you can’t double the recipe and bake a second for someone else in your family.
Grades: 6-12
Topic: Cooking, Food Science
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Cookies-and-Cream Brookie
Good luck keeping this single-serve treat to yourself. Made with gluten-free Oreos, cookie dough, and delightfully fudgy brownie, you might find that this simple recipe completely alters your nightly dessert experience. This layered recipe marries everything you love in both a brownie and a cookie. While the cookie dough layer stays perfectly doughy, the brownie is baked to fudgy perfection.
Grades: 6-12
Topic: Cooking, Food Science
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Chocolate Strawberry Lava Cake
There's no better way to use fresh strawberries than by incorporating them into a chocolate strawberry lava cake! With its rich, chocolate base and bursts of strawberry flavor, this gluten-free dessert boasts an oozing chocolate center that melts in your mouth, and pairs perfectly with chocolate-covered strawberries.
Grades: 6-12
Topic: Cooking, Food Science
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
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