Small Child has been doing quite a bit of cooking lately, he really enjoys getting busy in the kitchen when he gets the chance. At the weekend he made a Father's Day dinner of easy home made burgers for Daddy and also helped me to make Daddy's favourite ginger cake too (you can see the recipe we used here, it's dairy free and absolutely delicious!). He also recently made cheddar and poppy seed biscuits for us to take along to our local 'Big Lunch', the recipe for which I'm sharing today. This recipe was loosely based on one from Sainsbury's, but I adapted the quantities, and made them slightly healthier by using wholemeal flour and adding poppy seeds.
As with previous posts in my easy recipes for kids series, I’ve attached a free PDF copy of the recipe at the end of the post for you to print out if you would like to try challenging your own ‘Small Child’ to give it a go. I’ve also outlined the recipe below, feel free to adapt it to suit your needs!
Cheddar and Poppy Seed Biscuits
Ingredients
- 300g Wholemeal Plain Flour
- 125g Butter
- 150g Cheddar Cheese
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tbs Poppy Seeds
Method
Heat oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line some oven trays with baking paper. Weigh the flour and cut the butter into small pieces.
As I’ve mentioned before, I allow Small Child to use a small sharp paring knife (under close supervision at all times) as I believe that the best way for him to learn about knife safety is to learn how to use it properly, and practice makes perfect. Every child is different though, so you should use your own judgement to decide whether your child is ready to use a sharp knife or not.
Mix butter and flour together in a bowl. Squish together with your fingertips until it looks like crumbs.
Grate the cheese and break the eggs into a bowl. Beat the egg with a fork.
Try not to get cross if your baby brother wants to get in on the action... instead feed him some small pieces of cheese to distract him!
Add the cheese, eggs and seeds to the crumbs and mix together with a spoon.
Sprinkle flour on the table, roll the dough flat with a rolling pin and cut into fun shapes with cutters (we used star, heart and flower shaped cutters).
Pop into the oven to bake for 10-15 minutes until golden. Cool on wire racks.
If you’d like to print off a child-friendly copy of this recipe for yourself, click on the link below to download the PDF file.
Cheese and Poppy Seed Biscuits
For more child-friendly recipe ideas, why not follow my Cooking with Kids Pinterest Board?
Do comment and let me know if you try it. Happy cooking!
Grace
Cheddar and Poppy Seed Biscuits
Ingredients
- 300 g Wholemeal Plain Flour
- 125 g Butter
- 150 g Cheddar Cheese
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tbs Poppy Seeds
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line some oven trays with baking paper. Weigh the flour and cut the butter into small pieces.
- Mix butter and flour together in a bowl. Squish together with your fingertips until it looks like crumbs.
- Grate the cheese and break the eggs into a bowl. Beat the egg with a fork.
- Add the cheese, eggs and seeds to the crumbs and mix together with a spoon.
- Sprinkle flour on the table, roll the dough flat with a rolling pin and cut into fun shapes with cutters (we used star, heart and flower shaped cutters).
- Pop into the oven to bake for 10-15 minutes until golden. Cool on wire racks.
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Notmyyearoff says
They look really nice and so simple to make too. I might have a go 🙂
Grace says
Thank you, Small Child didn't seem to have any trouble with them 🙂
Emma T (@ETusty) says
Yum, these look and sound delicious. I love poppy seeds, and N loves cheese, so I reckon they'd go down well in our house.
Grace says
Thanks Emma, we certainly enjoyed them!
Madelein says
Nice pictures, it´s fun to cook with the kids
Grace says
Thanks Madelein, we do enjoy cooking together 🙂
Gill Crawshaw says
Lovely idea, and great that they're not a massive sugar-fest too. Do you have any tips on cooking alongside toddlers? When we do it always turns slightly chaotic, I have to admit! x
Grace says
Thanks Gill, I do try to cook more savoury dishes than sweet when I can, I think it's important to learn to cook the most useful things if possible!
I started getting Small Child involved in the cooking from when he was tiny - I would just give him one small task to do like pulling the seeds from peppers or having him 'help' me by transferring things from the chopping board to a serving dish - we just built up from there. The key thing to remember I think is that they have quite a short attention span when they are very young, so just a little bit here and there is enough for them. If they see you cooking regularly, they will enjoy the chance to join in every now and again!
TheBoyandMe says
They look really tasty, I think I'll try and give these a go with The Boy. We've actually never made biscuits before and I think it's somehting he'd really enjoy. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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Grace says
Thank you, they were very nice. Biscuits (both savoury and sweet) are a great thing to make because there are transferrable skills from play dough sessions involved!
Rocknrollerbaby says
More fab ideas! 🙂
Grace says
Thank you!
Zena's Suitcase says
These sound great! I will be making these, with or without the kids!
Grace says
Thank you, I did enjoy eating a few myself!
Nicole plunkett says
Hi,
Your biscuits sound great for a lunch box. Just wondered is it plain or self raising wholemeal flour?
Thanks
Grace says
Hi Nicole, it's plain wholemeal flour - I'll amend the post to make it clear!
Thank you.