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The Biscuit Challenge

Suggested age

8-11 years

Award -  Making savoury and sweet biscuits

Design and make savoury or sweet biscuits as a gift for a festival or celebration.

Getting started

• Ask the children about the types of biscuits they have eaten before.
• Set up a tasting session to try different savoury and sweet biscuits.
• Ask the children to find out and record the types of biscuits their family and friends enjoy.
  

Activity ideas to meet the challenge

• Make a batch of biscuits to celebrate Easter or Chinese New Year.
• Plan and make a healthier biscuit, look at using different types of flour, oats, fruit and vegetables.
• Develop a batch of savoury biscuits that support healthy eating and have different flavours from around the world.

Resources on the website to help you teach the challenge

• Biscuit types - a recording worksheet
• Basic biscuit recipe - a basic biscuit recipe
• Gingerbread people recipe - a recipe for gingerbread people
• Cheese straws recipe - a recipe for cheese straws
• Fruity flapjack recipe - a recipe for flapjacks
• Christmas/Festive Biscuits Teacher Plan
• Ginger biscuit recipe and activities
• Making a class advent calendar

Links

• The Flour and Grain Education Programme

Active Kids Get Cooking June 2009