Mother's Day Madness Chocolate Bark
This recipe involves melting chocolate – either in the microwave or over a pan of hot water – and then pouring it, so little ones will need adult supervision for the first stages. After that, they can really go mad and decorate the bark with Mum’s favourite sweet treats!
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Choco Crinkle Cookies - An Edible Gift for Mum
With a little adult help (though Mums are officially excused!), children can follow this easy recipe to make a personal, home-made gift that tastes every bit as good as it looks. The biscuits will keep for up to four days in an airtight container, so they can be made ahead if wished. Makes about 35 little biscuits.
Mothering Sunday Shortbread
Simple but delicious, these little shortbread biscuits are a sweet way to say ‘I love you’ on Mother’s Day. Makes 15-20 biscuits, depending on cutter size.
*Please supervise small children at all times in the kitchen*
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DIY Cookie Jar
If you can’t gift a box of home-made cookies, why not gift the next-best thing; the certainty of home-made cookies in the near future! This pretty-looking jar can be put together by children with just a little adult help, and comes with all the dry ingredients needed for a tasty tray of chocolate chip cookies (just add butter or margarine and an egg) plus hand-written baking instructions.
Makes one jar.
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Greendale Gin & Lemon Drizzle Loaf Recipe
Flavoured with our own, locally-distilled gin, this special twist on the classic Lemon Drizzle cake is a perfect teatime treat for G&T-loving mums everywhere.
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Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
With a little adult help, young children can have a go at making these easy cookies – whether they enjoy weighing ingredients, rolling dough, making thumbprints or adding the Nutella and decorating, there are plenty of ways for them to get stuck in!
Makes about 25 cookies, but dough can be divided and frozen before cooking, if fewer cookies are needed.
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Easy Tray-Bake Sponge Cake
With a bit of adult help, mini-bakers can cook up a sweet Mother’s Day Treat with this simple sponge-cake recipe. As well as the basic cake mix, we’ve suggested some flavour variations and a couple of icing ideas – feel free to tweak them as much as you like, and make a special, one-off cake for your special, one-off mum! Makes one large tray-bake, which you can cut into large or small squares.
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Blueberry Muffins Recipe
Great fun to make with kids, these tasty muffins are perfect for special breakfasts or teatime treats. The blueberries will burst inside the muffins during cooking, leaving sweet-tasting pops of juicy squidginess – if (like us) you can’t resist eating these muffins straight from the oven, be aware that the burst berries can be pretty hot! Makes approximately 12 muffins.
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