Cooking Class

In 2005 I received a grant to purchase a portable classroom kitchen.  I have a portable breakfast cart with a stainless steel top, a convection toaster oven, and most everything to cook in the classroom.  The Schools Foundation was very kind to give me the grant.

My goal is to teach my students food preparation safety, making fun healthy snacks, and to have fun with math.

We try to have a cooking class a couple of times a month.  Some things we have had the opportunity to prepare are:

Fresh Fruit Salad

Cut up grapes, strawberries, melon, kiwi, banana, apple, pear, and orange into bite size pieces and mix together in a large bowl. 

Pumpkin Fudge

3/4 C. butter
3 C. sugar
2/3 C. evaporated milk
1/2 C. canned pumpkin
1 t. pumpkin pie spice
2 C. butterscotch baking chips
7 oz. jar marshmallow cream
1 t. vanilla

In heavy saucepan, combine first 5 ingredients; bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue boiling until mixture reaches 234° F. on candy thermometer.

Remove from heat; stir in butter scotch chips and marshmallow cream until melted and smooth. Stir in vanilla.

Pour into buttered 9 x 13 or larger pan. cool completely, cut into squares.

Makes about 3 lbs. candy.

Blueberry Muffins

      1/4 cup butter
      2 eggs
      1/2 tsp. salt
      1 c. sugar
      2 c. flour
      2 tsp. baking powder
      1 tsp. vanilla
      One-half cup milk
      2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries


    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    Grease and floor muffin pan (or use paper liners). Beat together butter, eggs, salt, and sugar.
    Mix flour with baking powder and sift into first mixture, alternating with milk.
    Blend in vanilla.
    Add blueberries.
    Pour into muffin pan and bake for 25 minutes.


    Potato Latkes

    Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes.
    Mix with the beaten egg and flour.
    Drop teaspoon size pancakes into hot vegetable oil.
    Brown on both sides.
    Serve with applesauce.

    Applesauce

    10 apples,  peeled, cored, and sliced

    1 cup of brown sugar

    apple pie spice

    Cook until the apples are done.