Bread in a Bag is going to become your new favorite family activity! Little kids and big kids alike will love making their own loaf of bread.

 

Bread in a Bag Recipe

School is officially out here in Portland and summer vacation has started. When I had kids at home, one of my favorite things to do in the summer was hold cooking lessons. One of our favorite things to make was bread.

Making Bread in a Bag is the perfect way to introduce your children to bread making. It’s quick, easy and delicious!

Tips for Cooking with Kids

• Make sure recipe is readable and accessible.  I covered my table with parchment paper and then wrote the ingredients on the paper so the kids could easily see it.
• Have all the ingredients out and easy to reach.
• Take time to teach them how to measure properly. I prefer the scoop and level method for flour.
• Don’t expect perfection.  The important thing is that the kids have fun.  Their loaves won’t be perfectly shaped but it doesn’t matter  They still tasted the same!
• Embrace the mess.  Kids will be messy and you will end up with flour all over the table and floor but they are going to have fun and so will you!  The mess will clean up quickly but the memories will last a long time!!

Science Lesson

While making bread with the kids it is fun to share a little bit of science with them.

Bread in a Bag Ingredients 

• All Purpose flour
• Sugar
• Rapid Rise Yeast or Instant. Yeast. This does not need to be proofed in water first.
• Water
• Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
• Salt
• Zippered food storage bag

How to Make Bread in a Bag

Place one cup of flour into a gallon size plastic bag.

Bread rises because of yeast which is a leavening agent. The yeast gives off carbon dioxide which creates bubbles in the bread dough and causes the bread to rise. The heat of the oven causes the carbon dioxide to expand even more so the bread rises even taller while baking.