Holiday Baking 2021
Things you’ll find here:
Zoom link to connect to class
Equipment list for all classes
Ingredients List for each class
Recipes
Class Connection Details:
Dates: * Note all times are Eastern Time Zone (ET)
Dec 18 @ 11:00am - Sugar Cookies - cut out and decorate (EZ)
Dec 18 @ 1:30pm - Crinkle Cookies - molasses or chocolate options
Dec 20 @ 9:30am - Chocolate Mice Truffles (EZ)
Dec 20 @ 1:30pm - Cranberry Bliss Bars - The BEST!
Dec 21 @ 9:30am - Gingerbread COOKIES - Cut out and decorate (EZ)
Dec 21 @ 1:30pm - Holiday Chocolate Peppermint Bark
Dec 22 @ 9:30am - Reindeer cookies (EZ)
Dec 22 @ 1:30pm - Chocolate-dipped shortbread with candy cane
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Kitchen Baking Equipment for All Classes:
TOOLS:
Apron
Cutting board
Cutlery knife
Fork, Spoons
Food waste bowl
2 Medium Bowls, small bowl
Measuring spoons
Measuring cups
Baking sheet
Parchment paper or silicon baking sheet (optional)
Oven * ADULT SUPERVISION
Cleaning cloth
Dec 18 @ 11am:
SUGAR COOKIES
INGREDIENTS:
★ butter room temperature
★ granulated sugar
★ vanilla extract
★ 1 egg
★ flour
★ baking powder
Icing sugar
Milk
Optional: Food colouring, raisins, choc chips or sprinkles and small candy decorations
Dec 18 at 1:30pm:
Crinkle Cookies
These cookies can be made as molasses crinkles or chocolate cookies by switching the spices for coco powder, and altering the sweetener
INGREDIENTS:
● butter at room temperature
● brown sugar
● white sugar
icing sugar
● 1 egg
● vanilla
● flour
● baking soda
● salt
● cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves or coco powder
Molasses (option for Molasses cookies)
Dec 20 @ 9:30am
Chocolate Mice Truffles
INGREDIENTS:
● · sour cream
· chocolate wafer cookies or crumbs (about 30 cookies)
· icing sugar
· Gold or silver dragees, icing or small candy balls
· Slivered almonds, peanuts or pumpkin seeds
· Thin Licorice tails
Coconut (optional) - for snowy mice
SPECIAL Equipment:
Wax paper or parchment paper
Blender if cookies need to be blended into crumbs
Dec 20 @ 1:30pm:
Cranberry Bliss Bars
INGREDIENTS:
● 1 cup butter
· 1 ½ cup brown sugar
· 2 eggs
· 1 tsp orange zest and orange juice
· 1 tsp vanilla
· ½ tsp ground ginger
· 1 tsp baking powder
· ½ tsp salt
· 2 cups of flour
· ¾ cup dried cranberries
· 1 cup fun bits: white chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds, nuts, hemp hearts
· 8 oz softened cream cheese
· 1 ½ cup icing sugar
· ½ tsp orange zest and orange juice
· ½ tsp vanilla
· 1/3 cup dried cranberries
· 2 squares of baking chocolate -white or dark or milk (optional)
Special Tools:
9x13 baking dish
Electric beater for frosting (optional)
Dec 21 @ 9:30am
Gingerbread cookies
INGREDIENTS:
all-purpose flour
baking soda
salt
butter
brown sugar
Molasses or maple syrup or honey
1 egg
vanilla
Ginger powder
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Cloves
icing sugar
milk
*Decorative Fun bits: Colourful candies, raisins, seeds, choc chips, sprinkles for decoration
Special Tools:
parchment paper or plastic bags
small plastic bag for piping (sandwich bag)
Roller - rolling pin or water bottle
Dec 21 @ 1:30pm
Holiday Chocolate Peppermint Bark
INGREDIENTS:
● · 1 ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate – chips or baking chocolate
· 1 ½ cup white chocolate – chips or baking chocolate
· ½ tsp peppermint extract (optional)
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· Toppings: Choose your favourite! Any combination -be creative!
o candy canes – traditional
o Almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, hemp hearts, coconut
o dried fruits – goji berries, cranberries, dried blueberries, dried raspberries, dried strawberries
o Crunch – pretzels, crackers, chocolate wafers or cookies
o Colour – sprinkles, candy, food colouring,
o Flavours: sea salt
Special TOOLS:
- 2 medium bowls - microwave safe such as glass
Baking sheet
Microwave Oven * ADULT SUPERVISION
Dec 22 @ 9:30am
Reindeer Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
Butter
Peanut butter
brown sugar
white sugar
1 egg
flour
baking soda
salt
chocolate chips
red candy - M&Ms or Smarties
Pretzels - small curly ones are fun
Special Tools:
Baking sheet
Dec 22 @ 1:30pm:
Dipped Shortbread Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
● butter – at room temperature
· white sugar
· flour – all-purpose
· salt (optional)
· vanilla (optional)
· semi-sweet chocolate – baking chocolate bar, wafers or chocolate chips
· Sprinkles or candy canes to decorate
Special TOOLS:
Medium Bowl for microwave or pot with bowl that is just slightly larger
Electric blender
Baking sheet
Parchment paper (optional)
Cooling rack (optional)
Microwave * ADULT SUPERVISION