Baking Class

Following the best-selling book Cooking Class, this delightful baking cookbook for children ages 8–12 features 50 easy-to-follow, kid-friendly recipes. Lively step-by-step photos teach bakers-in-training how to knead dough, make biscuits, decorate cookies, and produce a perfect pie, along with essential skills like following directions and accurately measuring ingredients. Kids will learn to make both sweet and savory treats and will use fresh fruits and vegetables in recipes such as Bursting with Blueberries Muffins, Zombie Zucchini Bread, and Peachy Keen Crumble. Bonus goodie bag stickers, pop-out gift tags, and bake sale signs encourage kids to share their homemade delights with pride.



2017 NPR's Best Books of the Year

2017 IACP Cookbook Award Winner

2017 National Parenting Product Awards Winner

2018 ​Mom's Choice Award Gold Winner

2019 New York Times "Best Cookbooks for Kids"



Also available in this series: Cooking Class and Cooking Class Global Feast! This irresistible companion to the best-selling Cooking Class features 50 easy-to-follow recipes kids love, including muffins, breads, biscuits, pies, and crackers. Deanna F. Cook is the award-winning author of cookbooks for kids, including the best-selling Cooking Class, Baking Class,and Cooking Class Global Feast! She served as the creative development director at FamilyFun magazine and has been an editor at Scholastic, Disney, and Kidstir.com. She lives in western Massachusetts and can be found online at deannafcook.com. Bake Up Some Kitchen Fun!



Learn to make your favorite baked goods for every meal of the day – and plenty of great snacks, too.



Bonus features include cookie-cutting templates & decorative stencils, gift tags and labels, toothpick flags & cupcake toppers, bake sale price cards, and lots of fun stickers! Chapter 1: Welcome to Baking Class!

  Lesson 1: Bake Like a Pro!

  Lesson 2: Gather Up the Right Tools

  Lesson 3: Stock Up on Bakery Basics

  Lesson 4: Baking Vocabulary

  Lesson 5: Measure Carefully

  Lesson 6: Kitchen Safety

  Lesson 7: Serve Up Some Special Treats



Chapter 2: Good Morning Treats

  A Toast to You!

  Mix & Match Toast Toppers

  Toaster-Oven Tarts

  Pumpkin Patch Muffins

  Bursting with Blueberries Muffins

  Carrot Applesauce Bites

  Fancy French Breakfast Treats

  Cranberry Orange Scones



Chapter 3: Crackers & Quick Breads

  Crunchy Tortilla Chips & Nachos

  Quick Croutons

  Puffy Popovers

  Crispy Cheese Squares

  Buttery Biscuits!

  Silly Sticks

  Crackin' Corn Bread

  Mix & Match Under the Sea World

  Monkey Munch Banana Bread

  Zombie Zucchini Bread



Chapter 4: The Bread Bakery

  Garlic Bread Sticks

  Easy-Peasy Bread Dough

  Simple Sandwich Loaf

  Braid Away Bread

  Sweet Cinnamon Rolls

  Mix & Match Bread Art

  No Need to Knead Bread

  It's a Party! Pizza Dough



Chapter 5: The Cookie Jar

  Chocolate Chip Cookie Factory

  Awesome Oatmeal Cookies

  Sweet & Simple Sugar Cookies

  Mix & Match Cookie Craft

  Snickerdoodles

  Crispy Gingersnaps

  Coconut Macaroons

  Brownie Magic

  Lots of Lemon Squares



Chapter 6: Save Room for Pie!

  Dig in the Dirt Pie

  Farmers' Market Fruit Tarts

  Perfect Piecrust

  Mix & Match Piecrust Shapes

  My First Blueberry Pie

  Teeny Tiny Apple Pies

  Peachy Keen Crumble

  Go Bananas Cream Pie



Chapter 7: Cake & Cupcake Factory

  Cocoa Cake-in-a-Mug

  Very Vanilla Birthday Cake

  Buttercream Frosting

  One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes

  Mix & Match Cupcake Decorating Party

  Say "Cheese!" Cake

  After-School Apple Cake

  Mini Strawberry Shortcakes



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