Kids Spring Break Cooking Camp-Disneyland Recipes

Today at our Kids Spring Break Cooking Camp we are heading to Disneyland where we’ll stir-up some Magical Kingdom recipes to make every day a wonderland in the kitchen!

MAD HATTERS FRUIT PUNCH TEA

Makes 4 cups

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup honey

2 mint-flavored tea bags

4 cups boiling water

1/2 cup fresh or frozen red raspberries

Powdered sugar and orange slices for garnish (optional)

 Let?s Get Brewing!

1. Place honey in a teapot; then add tea bags. Pour in boiling water. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags.

2. Pour hot tea into pretty tea cups and place 2 to 3 raspberries into each cup.

3. Add a small slice of orange and dust with a touch of powdered sugar if desired.

 You?ll go ?mad? about this sweet tea!

THUNDER MOUNTAIN THUNDER CAKE

Makes a 2 layer cake or 6- 4 inch mini pie pan cakes

 Ingredients

21/2 cups cake flour

1/2 cup dry cocoa- 1 tablespoon for dusting cake pans

11/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup shortening

1 3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 eggs, separated (Beat whites until they are stiff, then fold in.)

1 cup cold water

1/3 cup pureed tomatoes

 DIRECTIONS:

Pre- heat oven to 350 degrees F

 1. Place all dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add the rest of the ingredients except beaten egg whites and use a mixer to combine all ingredients. Fold-in beaten egg whites to mixture and divide batter evenly between 2- 8 inch cake pans which have been sprayed with non-stick spray and lightly dusted with cocoa or divide evenly among smaller mini pie pans.

2. For 2 cake pans bake 35-40 minutes, for 4-inch mini pie pan cakes bake about 20- minutes.

3. Cool at least 15 minutes and frost with your choice of chocolate frosting.

Garnish with fresh strawberries.

 Kid-friendly kitchen tip:

1. For younger kids( 7 and younger) read the story Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco before you make the cake recipe.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN CHICKEN PLANKS

 Ingredients

2 cups bread crumbs

2 cups grated cheddar cheese

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 pound boneless skinless chicken strips or tenders

2 Tablespoons melted butter

 Let?s get Going!

Preheat oven to broil

 1. In a large zip lock bag, combine breadcrumbs and grated cheddar cheese. Close and set aside.

2. Dip each piece of chicken in egg and then put 3-4 chicken pieces into bag with breadcrumb mixture. Shake chicken in bag and press crumbs onto strips of chicken.

3. Remove each piece of chicken from bag and place on a foil-lined sheet pan which has been sprayed with cooking spray.

4. Spoon melted butter over each one and bake under a broiler (3-5) minutes or until golden brown and cooked through turning over chicken once if necessary.

 Serve with honey mustard or ketchup.

 Kid-friendly kitchen tips:

1. For an extra fun activity, make some homemade honey mustard sauce.

Simply take:

 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise

1/4 cup prepared Dijon-style mustard

1/2 cup honey

Mix it all together and serve!