Children Friendly Gingerbread Boys
Ingredients
1/2 Cup shortening + 1 tbsp.
1/2 Cup brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 package Butterscotch pudding mix
11/2 cups flour
11/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Supplies
Oven
Cookie Sheets
Gingerbread Cookie Cutters
Cream the shortening
and sugar, add eggs and mix well. Add dry pudding mix and flour and
spices. Mix well. Have the children roll the dough to about
1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter. Bake on greased cookie
sheet for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. This dough is easy to handle.
We made ours on paper plates with a little flour sprinkled on them.
Reindeer Sandwiches
Ingredients
White Bread ( two slices for each child)
Maraschino cherries ( 1 per child)
straight pretzels (two for each child, plus some for
munching)
Bologna (1 slice for each child)
Cheese (1 slice for each child)
butter or mayonnaise if desired
Supplies
Napkins or paper plates
Have the children layer the cheese and bologna and make a conventional sandwich. Then cut the sandwich into triangles, stick pretzels at top corners and a cherry at the point of the triangle to make a reindeer face. See photo. This was a great hit with the children!
Snowman Faces
Ingredients
English Muffins
Cream Cheese
Raisins
Carrot for nose
Cinnamon Candies for the mouth
Supplies
Napkins or paper plates
Children toast their muffins, spread the
cream cheese, decorate and eat!
Snowman Snack
Ingredients
Vanilla Wafers
white frosting
won ton noodles
Skittle candy
Candy Corns
Roll Ups for hat
Tree Snacks
Ingredients
1 slice bread
whipped cream cheese with powdered sugar to taste
green food coloring
sprinkles
Supplies
paper plates
plastic knives
large tree cookie cutter
For questions or detailed information please send email
to:
thematic@sbcss.k12.ca.us