Category: Kids

Homemade Butter

From apartmenttherapy: We were recently treated to homemade butter at a friend’s house and it was the best thing we’d tasted in ages (the raspberry muffin it rode in on may have helped, too). It never occurred to us to make butter, but apparently it’s super easy and a great kitchen project to try with kids.

We found plenty of online resources for making butter and they all focus on one thing: shaking your groove thing. That’s right, making butter involves lots of shaking which is really fun for kids. It can be tiring so the more kids you have on hand to share shaking duties the better. (If you’re in a hurry, you can always use a food processor, but really now where’s the fun in that?)

Okay, are you ready for the complex instructions?

  1. Find a jar with a lid.
  2. Pour in heavy cream and close lid.
  3. Shake
  4. Keep shaking
  5. Realize your biceps aren’t what they used to be.
  6. Hand off shaking duties to a child.
  7. When the cream has thickened and become, well, buttery, drain off the remaining buttermilk (around 20 minutes depending on fitness level or number of child helpers).
  8. Refrigerate to harden a bit.
  9. Serve to friends and brag!

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

from Nutmeg Nanny

Ingredients:
-1 lb large strawberries
-8 oz. cream cheese, softened (can use 1/3 less fat)
-3-4 tbsp powdered sugar (4 tbsp for a sweeter filling)
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-graham cracker crumbs

Directions:
1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.