Basic cooking skills for young kids

Teach your kids some basic cooking and baking skills, and with a little patience, you could soon have your very own budding Master Chef in the family!

Kids love to help out in the kitchen and being able to cook is a great skill for anyone to have.
 

15 Basic cooking skills for young kids to try

 

• Buttering a slice of bread  

 

• Cracking eggs into a bowl

 

• Crushing biscuits for bases in a plastic bag with a rolling pin

 

• Crushing garlic in a garlic press

 

• Cutting pastry or dough shapes out using cookie cutters

 

• Cutting soft fruit such as a banana with a non-sharp knife

 

• Decorating biscuits or cupcakes

 

• Grating cheese

 

• Kneading and rolling out dough using a rolling pin

 

• Mashing bananas with the back of a fork

 

• Mashing potatoes with a potato masher

 

• Peeling vegetables with a vegetable peeler

 

• Rubbing in butter and flour for a crumble or pastry

 

• Sieving flour

 

• Whisking eggs in a bowl

 

• You could even get them to help you make some healthy snacks for their morning or afternoon tea.

 

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