It’s been so nice out lately that I’ve ended up doing a bunch of baking alone while the kids play outside. It’s ok with me, I want to make sure we have enough grab and go food for the week, and the kids want to play in the sunshine as much as possible, but it’s pretty boring to write about me. Well, after about 5 days of playing outside from breakfast to dinner the little finally asked if we could do some baking! She got 100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer (do I need to remind you how important it is that you purchase this book? SUPER IMPORTANT! It’s amazing and loads of fun.) and found the recipe she wanted to make.
#52, Lemon Oat Bars. Lemon, oats, big spring flavors! I was excited she chose this one as I had been checking it out earlier in the week but never got around to it. We read through the ingredient list together, got it all out, then read through the recipe. I find this helps us all to know what to expect as we move forward with the recipe.
We started with the filling which required zesting and juicing lemons, one of the kids favorite baking activities! They did most of the filling on their own, adding all the ingredients to the bowl and whisking. Sadly, their silly mom got out a bowl that was a little too small for the ingredients in combination with their whisking skills. Whoops! As they were whisking some of the filling slopped out of the bowl, and boy was it sticky! Luckily it was bath day and everything is washable.
Once we were done with the filling we set it aside and got started on the rest of the recipe. The kids did all the measuring and then I made the mistake of letting them be in charge of the mixer…oops! The mixer got turned on a little too high and we had some overflow. Some…we had a big overflow. The laughing was immediate, the mess was sizable, and I didn’t lose it! I’m calling it a win. We wiped up as much as we could and threw it back into the bowl of the mixer setting it at low, lesson learned! We finished making the components and assembled it, then into the oven it went!
These bars came out great! Sometimes when things don’t go according to plan (messes and mix ups are just a part of baking with kids) the recipe can turn out less then desirable. That was not the case here. We did a taste test for dessert and they are so good! I should be be surprised, nothing in this book has been disappointing.
Keep following along to see what we do next. Don’t forget there might be some kind of fun for baking day 20! I can’t believe we’re approaching it already. Let us know what you’re baking. Follow along on Instagram @100daysofbakingwithkids and Facebook at 100 days of baking with kids. We hope to hear from you!
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