Gwendolyn made a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cream Cookies. She started with making a cake mix base. Gwendolyn sifted together flour, sugar and salt. Next, she combined butter, egg, vanilla and cream cheese. For the finishing touch Gwendolyn added the white and chocolate chips and 2 cups of chocolate cream cookies. We baked the cookies for 10 minutes.

Today we helped celebrate Rory's birthday. His favorite part was the flourless chocolate cake.

Today Gwendolyn made Lemon Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream frosting. Gwendolyn creamed together room temperature butter and sugar on medium-high until it was light and fluffy. She then added one egg at a time. Once the eggs were fully incorporated Gwendolyn added the juices of three lemons and a little bit of lemon zest. Next, she added the dry ingredients. Gwendolyn divided the batter evenly among the prepared mini muffin cups. We baked the cupcakes for about 15 minutes. While the mini cupcakes were baking Gwendolyn prepared the Strawberry Buttercream frosting. Gwendolyn placed the butter, vanilla and strawberry jam into the mixer. Next, she added sugar and milk. We put the buttercream in a pastry bag with a large open tip. Gwendolyn then piped the frosting onto the cupcakes. The cupcakes turned out light, warm and refreshing. Great job, Gwendolyn!

Today Ben made Lemon Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream frosting. Ben creamed together room temperature butter and sugar on medium-high until it was light and fluffy. He then added one egg at a time. Once the eggs were fully incorporated Ben added the juiced of three lemons and a little bit of lemon zest. Next, he added the dry ingredients. Ben divided the batter evenly among the prepared mini muffin cups. We baked the cupcakes for about 15 minutes. Well the mini cupcakes were baking Ben prepared the Strawberry Buttercream frosting. Ben placed the butter, vanilla and strawberry jam into the mixer. Next, he added sugar and milk. We put the buttercream in a pastry bag with a large open tip. Ben then piped the frosting onto the cupcakes. The cupcakes turned out light, warm and refreshing. Great job Ben!

Gwendolyn baked chocolate chip cookies and focused on estimation. She estimated the amount of ingredients and then measured it accurately. She compared the estimation to the exact measurement and determined if she was close or not close. She identified equivalent fractions for the fractions.

Arianna did a shaving cream activity today. She put shaving cream on a baking tray and spread it around with her fingers all over the tray. She added different colors of food coloring to make a design and took a spoon and swirled all the colors together. She took a piece of card stock paper and placed it on the shaving cream color mixture. She let the paper sit for a few minutes then peeled the paper off the shaving cream. She took a scraper and scraped the shaving cream off the paper. She was left with beautiful colored marbled paper. She did this a few more times experimenting with mixing different colors and using different types of paper to see which type gave the best results. She found the construction paper was too thin and did not do well and the lighter color paper worked better than the darker colors.

Marcos left school early today.

Gracyn made a batch of thumbprint cookies in our baking class today. She separated 2 egg yolks and measured butter and sugar before beating these ingredients in the mixer. Then, flour was added and mixed until just combined. The dough was rolled into 1 inch balls and placed on a cookie sheet. Gracyn used her thumb to make an indent into each ball. Strawberry jam, Nutella, and Fluff were used to fill each hole before baking and then handing out to schoolmates.

Today Morgan baked an amazing batch of Hershey’s Secret Kisses Cookies. She measured and added all the ingredients to the mixer. Once the ingredients were well blended she was ready for the next step. Morgan opened and got the Hershey Kisses ready. Next, she formed some dough around the chocolate kisses making sure no chocolate showed. We baked the cookies for 12 minutes. Morgan’s cookies turned out wonderfully.

Today Analise baked an amazing batch of Hershey’s Secret Kisses Cookies. She measured and added all the ingredients to the mixer. Once the ingredients were well blended she was ready for the next step. Analise opened and got the Hershey Kisses ready. Next, she formed some dough around the chocolate kisses making sure no chocolate showed. We baked the cookies for 12 minutes. Analise’s cookies turned out wonderfully.