3rd Grade CrEATing Connections Cookbook 20-21 (1)

Did you know pizza cooks by convection because it uses heat from the oven? When you take it out, the dough is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Alex’s Dad Famous Carne Asada Have you ever had carne asada? If you Directions: have been to a Mexican restaurant then you 1. Make Marinade - by combining soy most likely had a carne asada plate and sauce, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, know how good it taste! I think carne asada cumin, chili powder, black pepper is the best food in the world!! One reason and minced jalapeno, garlic and why carne asada is so delicious is because it cilantro melts in your mouth and it is soooooo good! 2. Pour marinade over meat - I love to I like when my family spends time together lat meat in a large baking dish for or when we throw birthday parties because better penetration. Toss around my dad usually makes carne asada.. the gently to cover all sides main reason I love carne asada is because it 3. Marinate 4-24 hours - Thin steak is so delicious. If you have not tried it yet I could be marinated for shorter time. recommend having a plate very much. This 4. Grill has to be hot - make sure to dish is very popular in the Mexican culture preheat BBQ to at least 500 degrees and can be made different ways. F. Cook steak covered for about 5 minutes per side. It will get smoky but as long as it’s not burning. You want nice grill marks outside and tender juicy inside. 5. When is it done? To be honest, I find meat thermometer inserted in the middle of thin steak on the grill or plate checking for doneness works best. Cook until you see desired amount of blood. But keep in mind meat will continue cooking with residual heat during resting. 6. Let it rest for 5 minutes covered with foil or any lid. You can eat it with corn tortillas a side of beans and adding some guacamole to add some extra flavor! It is delicious!! By Alejandro Hernandez

Did you know that a heat reaction happens in this recipe when I grill the carne asada. The evidence of the heat reaction is when the meat cooks it steams.

Sides & Sauces

Sides & Sauces Table of Contents Best German Potato Salad Ever Clark Swiss Mom’s Rice Rafael Franco Swarty Farms Hot Sauce William Swartout Nana’s Potato Salad Siriana Newland Eat My Brussel Sprouts Isaac Sosa

Best German Potato Salad Ever Ingredients \"Yes, yes, yes German potato salad -5 lbs red potatoes tonight!\" The best food to ever be salad -1 pack bacon here's why. German potato salad is one -1 large onion of the best foods. It’s creamy, sour, -6 Tablespoons bacon drippings sweet and soft. One reason is it's (or as much as you get from the creamy as an ice cream with whipped pack when it’s cooked) cream. Also, it’s soft as your blanket -3 Tablespoons flour after you go camping. It’s sour and -3 teaspoons salt sweet, in fact more sour and sweet than -½ teaspoon pepper sour patch kids. It tastes different but -¾ cup vinegar better! In my opinion, it’s one of the best -7 Tablespoons sugar foods! It’s creamy, sour, sweet and soft. I -2 ¼ cup water think it's worth the time and effort. Directions - boil and chop potatoes - slice then fry bacon - fry onion in butter - mix potatoes and remaining ingredients to bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes By: Clark Swiss

Did you know my recipe is a mixture? The evidence is you can take out the bacon, onion, and potato mash after you mix it. You can see the individual parts after too.

Mom’s Rice Have you ever been excited about a meal Picture or video here all day long? If you have, I recommend that you try my mom's rice. I like my Ingredients: mom's rice because it tastes good. My first 1. 2 cups of white rice reason for liking rice is that its similar to 2. 2 tomatoes white rice but has more flavors. You can 3. 4 1/2 cups of water taste the flavor of the tomatoes, onion, 4. 1 garlic clove garlic, and spices. Secondly, the smell of 5. 1/4 piece of onion rice is unique. It's hard to describe but it 6. 1 tablespoon of olive smells buttery and toasty. Finally, I like the feel of rice in my tummy. Rice feels warm oil and comforting in my belly. You should try 7. 1 tablespoon of this recipe because, it has more flavor, smells buttery and toasty, and it feels chicken bouillon warm and comforting in my belly. Now 8. 1/2 tablespoon of salt you can see why rice is my favorite food. Directions: Step 1: Heat oil in pan Step 2: Wash rice and add to pan once oil is hot. Stir rice occasionally with fork. Step 3: Blend all other ingredients Step 4: Add tomatoes mixture to oil once it starts turning light brown. By: Rafael Franco

Did you know when you cook rice on a stove, conduction happens? The stove heats the pan, to the rice, and blended water and tomatoes.

Swarty Farms Hot Sauce Do you like hot sauce? If you do, you should Directions: make some of my dad's famous hot sauce. I 1. In a blender/food processor, add think you will like it a lot! First you can put any peppers, diced onion/veggies, peeled kind of pepper in it. For an example, you can garlic and enough water to cover and put jalapeno, ghost peppers, or Carolina create a smoothie like consistency. Reaper. Second, you can decorate the 2. Pour contents from blender into a large container however you want. For example, I stock pot. Bring to boil and simmer for 30 like to put stickers of the types of peppers on minutes on low heat. the hot sauce container and a picture of me 3. Turn off heat and let cool for 1-2 hours - and Harrison on it. Last, it is homemade. It until cool enough to measure. takes him a whole year to make. My dad pays 4. In a separate pot, add 3 parts white a lot of attention to his garden. My opinion is vinegar and a ¼ part salt to 3 parts sauce. that my dad's hot sauce is tasty! You can put 5. Return to a boil for 5 minutes to allow salt any kind of peppers in it, you can decorate the to dissolve. container however you want, and it's 6. Let cool and store in jar in the homemade. As you can see, my dad's hot refrigerator. Enjoy! sauce would be great on a lot of things. Ingredients: - For hotter sauce use 10 Habaneros* - For milder sauce use 10 Jalapenos (de-seeded)* - 1 white onion - 1 head of garlic - Water - White Vinegar - Salt *Make your pepper and vegetable selection based on how hot you want the sauce to be. You can add tomatoes, carrots or other veggies for milder sauce. By: William Swartout

Did you know my Dad's hot sauce goes through a chemical change? It goes from a solid pepper to a liquid by going in the blender and by boiling. The solid peppers turn into a liquid sauce.

Nana’s Potato Salad What is a food that you normally have with your Ingredients family? In my opinion, my nana's potato salad that 6 medium white potatoes or she makes on Christmas is amazing. First, her potato Yukon golds about 2 1/2 to 3 salad is so yummy I would eat for breakfast, lunch pounds, skin on and quartered and dinner. If you have not had potato salad before, 3 tablespoons white vinegar you should try something new! Another reason is it 2 celery stalks (ribs) diced has seasoning and many ingredients in it. For 6 green onions diced example, it has paprika, lemon pepper, salt, and 5 hard boiled eggs peeled potatoes. The last reason is it makes people happy. 1 1/2 cups Miracle Whip or For example, it is one of my favorite things to eat on mayonnaise Christmas at my nana's house because it makes me 1 tablespoon yellow mustard happy. My nana's potato salad is amazing because it 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed is yummy, has seasoning and many ingredients in it, 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt and it makes people happy. My nana's potato salad is 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground really, really magnificent so I think you should try it. black pepper paprika for garnish Directions Bring a large pot of cold water to a boil. Reduce the heat to a lightly rolling boil over medium heat. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork or paring knife. Drain and allow to cool until just able to handle. Peel the skins from the potatoes and cut into 1/2\" to 3/4\" square pieces. Transfer the warm potatoes to a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with the white vinegar. Toss the potatoes with the vinegar and set the potatoes aside to cool, about 15-20 minutes. Add the celery and the green onions to the potato mixture. Chop 4 of the hard boiled eggs and add to the potato mixture. In a medium bowl, mix the Miracle Whip or mayonnaise, yellow mustard, celery seed and salt and pepper. Fold into the potato mixture and season with more salt and pepper to taste. Slice the last egg into thin slices and place the slices on top of the salad. Sprinkle with paprika if desired. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight before serving. By: Siriana Newland

Did you know potato salad is a mixture? A mixture is a combination of two or more substances that keep their identities. Potato salad is a mixture because you combine potatoes, green onions, salt, pepper, vinegar, mayo, hard boiled egg, paprika, celery, and yellow mustard to make it. You can see the individual parts.

Eat My Brussel Sprouts When was the last time you ate vegetables? Ingredients & Directions: If you like vegetables, you should try this Heat oven to 400 degrees. Trim bottom of recipe for brussel sprouts. I am always brussels sprouts, and slice each in half top excited for Thursdays, that's when my mom to bottom. Heat oil in cast-iron pan over makes the delicious brussel sprouts. My medium-high heat until it shimmers; put recipe for sauteed brussel sprouts is the best sprouts cut side down in one layer in pan. because my mom makes them, they have a Put in garlic, and sprinkle with salt and special after taste, and they are healthy for pepper. you. First of all, brussel sprouts have special Cook, undisturbed, until sprouts begin to after taste, which makes them delicious and brown on bottom, and transfer to oven. tasteful. When you chew them,the last bite Roast, shaking pan every 5 minutes, until has a tender interior, and has a nice crunchy sprouts are quite brown and tender, about exterior. When they are sauteed, they have a 10 to 20 minutes. sweet and smoky flavor, which is hard to Taste, and add more salt and pepper if resist. Brussel sprouts are also healthy for necessary. Stir in balsamic vinegar, and you. This vegetable has lots of vitamins, like serve hot or warm. vitamin K and vitamin C. Brussel sprouts improves your health benefit, like reducing the risk of cancer. Lastly, my mom is the best at cooking brussel sprouts. She puts them on the pan and adds garlic to the brussel sprouts, making them tasty. You can cook them burnt or not burnt! In fact, I like mine not burnt, but you can eat lots of ways. In my opinion, brussel sprouts are the best. They have lots of health benefits, has a unique taste, and my mom is the best at cooking them. If you like all these reasons, you should definitely try brussel sprouts. By: Isaac Sosa

Did you know that brussel sprouts are a solid? The molecules of a solid are circles and close together. In my recipe, the brussel sprouts are cooked on the stove by convection heat transfer. Heat transfers from the stove to the pan to the brussel sprouts.

Desserts & Snacks

Desserts and Snacks Table of Contents Arroz Con Leche Banana Pudding Jose Torres III Malaiah Beemon Creamy Banana Pudding Great Great Grandma’s Honey Cake Andrew Esquer Naomi Allen Alexia’s Crepes Monkey Bread Alexia Rodriguez Lukas Reineke The Holiday Peach Cobbler Emily’s Sweet Donut Holes Alexia Montgomery Emily Day Blue Jello Really Sweet Cheesecake Devan Day Paloma Gil Mark’s Super Awesome Fluffy Cake Neftali’s Banana Bread Mark Lvovskiy Neftali Espinoza Andrew’s Chocolate Croissants Auggie’s Really Awesome Banana Bread Andrew Rubino August Cohen Angelina’s Cute Little Cheesecakes Mima’s Famous Strawberry Coconut Balls Angelina Garcia Otis Holst Grandma’s 7-up Cake Oryan’s Pinakamahusay Na Halo Halo Kailanman (Best Halo Halo Ever) Wolfgang Weatherspoon Oryan Navarette

Arroz Con Leche I believe that arroz con leche is delicious and the best Mexican treat. One reason is because it is easy to make and it is part of the Mexican culture and tradition. It takes less than one hour to prepare. Second, Arroz con leche is delicious. It is like a rice pudding with cinnamon and it is very sweet like candy. We only need rize, milk, sugar, and cinnamon. Last, Arroz con Leche is part of my Mexican culture. Almost all mexicans eat this and it has been through a lot of generations. My tradition and culture is to make arroz con leche so all my family can enjoy. Have you ever had arroz con leche, ummm it's really good. Arroz con leche is very delicious and the best Meican treat! Ingredients: White Rice Water Cinnamon Stick Milk Sugar Cinnamon powder Directions: For 4-6 servings In a pot with 3 cups of water you but to boil 2 Cinnamon sticks and 2 cups of rice for about 15-20 minutes once you see the rice tender, After the rice is tender you add the milk about 4 cups or 5 cups depending if you like it dry or with a lot of milk bring it to a boiling point and turn it off and you can serve it hot or you can let it sit and wait to cool down! After you serve it you can top it off with Cinnamon powder its amazing! Try it! By: Jose Torres III

Did you know that a mixture happens in my recipe when I put the cinnamon with the warm milk and rice. A mixture happens when you add two or more things together.

Creamy Banana Pudding Do like dessert after dinner? If you Ingredients & Directions: do, you should try my family's sweet 1. In a large bowl add 1 can recipe on banana pudding. First banana pudding is a great family of sweet condensed milk dessert! For example, during 2. 1 1/2 cups of cold water thanksgiving my mom makes a big bowl for my family to take to my mix until combined grandmas house and everyone 3. 1 box of vanilla pudding loves It! In fact, it's a fun recipe to make. I like to whip the cream in the mix and whip it up. Once it bowl with the mixer machine. is smooth transfer to a Another reason why you should try bowl. banana pudding is because for 4. Cover and chill for 3 hours those of you that have a sweet or overnight. tooth it's a sweet treat after a hot 5. In another bowl add 3 dinner. I believe that banana cups of heavy whipping pudding is a good recipe because cream, whip till it reaches it's a great family dessert, it's fun to heavy peaks. make and it's also a sweet treat for 6. Add vanilla pudding and those with a sweet tooth. If you try whipping cream together my family recipe you will be and mix. satisfied! 7. Cut up bananas 5 bananas with Nilla Wafers. 8. Layer bananas and Nilla wafers then pudding. 9. repeat layers until done. By: Andrew Esquer

Did you know that a chemical change is a change that occurs when the particles that make up two or more substances are rearranged? In my recipe when you mix the ingredients it changes by smell. First, it doesn’t really smell like anything but when you mix everything together it smells like banana pudding.

Alexia’s Crepes Ingredients Have you ever tasted crepes? Well if 2 cups milk you didn’t, you have to eat it right 4 eggs now! Crepes are the best because 3 Tablespoons butter , melted they are super good, sweet or salty, 1 Tablespoon sugar and you can eat crepes for breakfast, 1 teaspoon vanilla lunch, dinner or dessert. The first 1/2 teaspoon salt reason you should try them is they 1 1/2 cups flour , sifted are super good. For example, you can Directions put whatever you want in them. The In a blender, combine all of the ingredients and mix until second reason is you can eat them batter is smooth (about 15-20 seconds). Refrigerate sweet or salty. For example, if you batter for at least 30 minutes, or overnight. have them sweet then you have to Spray non-stick cooking spray onto an 8-inch frying put fruit, chocolate, and powdered pan. Pour about 1/4 cup batter into the pan and cook sugar on top, but if you eat them over medium-low heat. Turn pan immediately from side salty, you can put salmon, cheese, to side to form an even circle. Cook for about 1-2 and other kinds of stuff or you can minutes per side, or until lightly browned. Remove from make a salad one. Finally, you can heat and stack until ready to serve. have crepes for breakfast, lunch, Serve with your favorite toppings. Fresh fruit, jams, dinner or dessert. For example, once pudding, nutella, whipped topping and nuts are a few of me and my parents had an all crepe our favorites. dinner! The three reasons you should eat crepes are they are super good, you can eat them sweet or salty, and you can eat them at whatever time of the day. You should try it! By: Alexia Rodriguez

Science Fact: crepes are cooked by conduction!!! The heat transfers when the dough is on the hot, hot pan. The heat goes from the stove to the pan to the crepes.

The Holiday Peach Cobbler Ingredients: Have you ever eaten something that 2 cans of drained makes you want to eat it until you can't eat peaches(29 oz) it anymore? When I first took a bite, it was 1.5 cups sugar like I was in heaven! I think my dad's peach 1.5 cups self rising flour cobbler is the best! First, it is tasty. For 1.5 sticks of example, when you take a bite it is so fruity butter(softened) and sweet, like you are in heaven! Second, cinnamon and nutmeg to it is easy to make. For example, you put the taste canned peaches in a dish and then sprinkle the dough on top. Third, it goes good with vanilla ice cream. For example, since cobbler is hot, the ice cream cools it down. Doesn't peach cobbler sound like the best dessert? If u want to try it I suggest you have it on Thanksgiving and Christmas Directions: preheat oven to 350 degrees 1. combine sugar flour and butter in a bowl and mix with hands 2. place peaches in 9x13 pirex and season with nutmeg and cinnamon 3. sprinkle the flour mixture on top of peaches 4. bake for 35 min or until golden brown By: Alexia Montgomery

Have you ever wondered how peach cobbler heats in the oven? When you turn on the oven you can see it spins and makes a heat transfer called convection. It cooks up the cobbler so you can eat it!

Blue Jello Would you like to try my tasty dark Ingredients: blue jello? My recipe for dark blue jello Blue Gelatin is very good because it is my favorite Water type of dessert. First, I think it is good Directions: because the flavor of the dark blue Blue gelatin jello is tasty. For example, it tastes like Heat water for 1 minute and blueberries and a touch of 40 second watermelon. Another reason it is my Add a cup of cold water favorite is because I believe it is a tasty Mix and let cool for three dessert. In fact, it is my favorite hours. because it is juicy and squishy. Finally, If you want to make it in a it's good because it jiggles, wiggles, bottle, you can put it in any and it will collapse. When I touched the mold you want. jello, it wiggles and jiggles. I know when I take it out of the mold it will collapse like glass shattering. my recipe for dark blue jello is very good because it is my favorite type of dessert. I love the dark blue color and the flavor, it is tasty, and it is wiggly and jiggly. It is the best type of jello in my opinion. I think you should try it! By: Devan Day

Did you know that a solution happens in my recipe when I mix all the ingredients together and I can’t take them back apart?

Mark’s Super Awesome Fluffy Cake \"It's cake time,\" my mom said. Ingredients In my opinion, my cake is the 1: 6 eggs best! One reason I think my 2: 1 cup of sugar cake is the best, is that it is 3: 1 + 1/3 cups of flour vanilla. Vanilla is my favorite 4: 1/8 tsp baking powder flavor because it is sweet and Directions delicious. Another reason I like 1: Separate the yolks and the egg whites. the cake is that it is fluffy. For 2: Beat the egg whites until stiff example, when I bite into the 3: In a separate bowl, combine all other cake it is soft. My last reason is ingredients with the egg yolks. that I make the cake with my 4: Put the egg whites into the mixture in grandma. It comes out better when you make it with a family Step 3 member, so you should too! I 5: Spray oil into a round pan think my cake recipe is the 6: Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour best because it is vanilla, fluffy, 7: EAT and ENJOY! and you can make it with a family member. If you like the recipe, then you should make the cake! By: Mark Lvovskiy

Did you know this recipe is a solution? It is a solution because if you put eggs, sugar, baking powder, and flour in a bowl, mix it, then bake it, you can’t take the ingredients apart.

Andrew’s Chocolate Croissants Ingredients Waking up mom said, \"Hey 1 can of croissant dough. let's make chocolate nutella. croissants today!\" I hear my banana. brother shouts in the back, Baking sheet. Yay! Making chocolate Recipe croissants is so much fun. Grab each triangle dough and with First of all it is super easy to a knife put nutella on top of all of it. make, you just need to roll the Then roll up the dough until it looks dough into a cone, second it like a cone. Place them on baking tastes delicious with all the sheet leaving space in between. Put nutella and finally it is much them in the oven for 10 minutes and more fun when you make it they are done. with your family because you can all help. If you try my recipe you won't regret it, is fun, easy, and you will enjoy making this with your family. I really recommend you trying it. By: Andrew Rubino



Angelina’s Cute Little Cheesecakes Sniff, Sniff, Yum! I can smell my Directions cheesecakes! My recipe for cute 1. Prepare crust: preheat oven to 350 degree F. little cheesecakes is so good. First, Line the 48 miniature muffin pan cups with my cheesecakes are good paper liners. because they are sweet and fruity. 2. In food processor with knife blade attached, For example, we put whipped pulse graham crackers,sugar and salt until finely cream and raspberries on them. ground. Add butter, pulse until mixture Next, you can choose what size resembles wet sand. Press about 1 heaping cheesecake you make. For teaspoon crumb mixture into bottom of each example, you can bake them liner. Bake for 5 minutes or until pale golden. however you want in a large pie Cool completely on wire racks. Reduce oven pan or a small one. Lastly, it's temperature to 325 degree F. better than cake! It's circular, has 3. Prepare Filling. In large bowl with mixer on toppings and is a dessert too. I medium speed, beat cream cheese and sugar think it's even better than cake for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in because it has soft crust and vanilla and salt until combined. Add eggs 1 at a creamy texture. Now you can see time,beating well after each addition. Beat in why I like these cheesecakes. They cream. Divide filling among prepared liners. are sweet and fruity, you can 4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until filling is set but choose the size and it's better than still slightly jiggly and moist in center. Let cool in cake. If you like my recipe and if pans on wire racks for 5 minutes; transfer you have a sweet tooth or you like cheesecakes to wire racks to cool completely. raspberries make sure to try my Garnish with raspberries and mint sprigs. recipe. Ingredients Crust one sleeve graham crackers 2 teaspoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons melted butter Filling 2 packages cream cheese 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs 1/4 cup heavy cream garnish: raspberries & mint By: Angelina Garcia

Did you know my recipe is a solution? A solution is a bunch of ingredients that you blend and can't take apart. For example, the flour, sugar and butter. Once you blend them, you can not take them apart because you mixed them all together.

Grandma’s 7-up Cake Have you ever been waiting for a dessert that is soo ������Prep Time: 30 mins. yummy? It is 7-up cake. I like it because it is really sugary. ⏲Cook Time: 1 hour 30 First, 7-up cake is fluffy. When you cut into it is soft and mins. sometimes you can spot a crispy edge. It looks like a ������Serving Size: 6-8 crown when you bake it. Second, when you eat it, it tastes people sweet and sour. It tastes like lemon and sugar and 7-up. 7-up is a type of drink that is soda. It tastes sparkly when Ingredients: you drink it and you can feel the bubbles rising up in your mouth. Lastly, it is good to make on holidays. It is a family Non-stick bundt cake pan food tradition that we do on Christmas. What I like about 3 cups of sugar this recipe is that it tastes really good. Because it is fluffy, 3 cups of flour - sifted when you eat it it tastes sweet and sour, and it is good to 3 sticks of butter - softened make on holidays. You should try my recipe it is fun to (room temperature) make. 5 eggs 1 tablespoon of real lemon Directions: extract Before you start, liberally grease your cake pan with crisco 3/4 cup of 7up soda Preheat oven at 325 degrees Crisco to butter pan 1) Fast blend butter and sugar for 20 minutes until whipped Kitchen-aide mixer or hand 2) Add eggs 1 at a time and speed up to the next level blender 3) Add the lemon extract Silicone / plastic spatula 4) Turn down to low speed and add 1 cup of flour at a time. Blend in and scrape in excess flour with spatula 5) Add 7up, it will foam up. 6) Fold in with spatula. Do not blend 7) Pour into cake pan 8) Place in middle rack for 1 1/2 hours 9) Test that toothpick comes out clean 10) Remove and cool for 10 minutes 11) Turn cake over onto a plate or platter, remove from pan. Ifit doesn’t come out easily, put a warm wet towel on top for a few minutes 12) Enjoy! By: Wolfgang Weatherspoon

Did you know that my 7-up cake is going through convection heat transfer? In my model, you can see the heat circulating around the cake.

Banana Pudding Do you know banana pudding Ingredients makes your stomach do a 1.) 2 Bananas happy dance? Banana 2.) 3 packs of Chessman cookies pudding is something you have 3.) 1 8 oz Cool whip to try because it is great! It is a 4.) 1 4 oz pack French Vanilla family recipe that is delicious 5.) Pudding because it has pudding in the 6.) 1 8 oz pack Cream Cheese middle like a dessert sandwich. 7.) 1 can Condensed Milk It is like a sandwich because it 8.) ½ cup Regular Milk has cookies at the top and the bottom. You should try my Directions: family’s delicious Banana pudding. You take your pan and line up the cookies on the bottom and sides. You then take one banana and you cut it up and place them at the bottom of the pan with the cookies. You will then take ½ cup of milk and the 4oz of french vanilla and mix together in a big bowl. In another bowl mix together 1 can of condensed milk and 1 pack of cream cheese. Then add cream cheese mix to the french vanilla mix. Then fold in the whipped cream. Once mixed together use half of the bowl and put the pudding mix in the pan on top of cookies and bananas. Then on top of the pudding add more cookies and bananas. Use the rest of the pudding mix and pour on top of cookies and bananas. Add another layer of cookies on the top. By: Malaiah Beemon

Did you know that a chemical reaction happens in the recipe when I put ingredients in the pot? The evidence of a chemical reaction in this recipe is when you heat it up and mix everything together in a liquid. Then you put it in the refrigerator and it turns into a thicker liquid.

Great Great Grandma’s Honey Cake Ingredients: I like cake do you like cake? If you do 3 3/4 cup of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 pound try this honey cake recipe! I think of golden blossom honey, 1/2 cup of coffee, honey cake is really delicious. The first 3/4 cup of sugar, 3/4 shot of bourbon, three reason I like honey cake is that it is eggs, 4 tablespoons of oil, one juice of really soft. I like to have a big piece orange, a half a teaspoon baking soda, juice because it is so amazing. Second, I half lemon, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 teaspoon think it is crummy, but a good kind of of cinnamon, half a cup of walnuts, half a crummy. Last it is soft. When I take a teaspoon of ginger, 1 teaspoon of almond bite if feels like it almost dissolves in flavor your mouth because it is so soft. Directions: Doesn't honey cake sound so yummy? It is sweet, crummy and soft. 1. Mix egg yolks and sugar, drop in oil, add honey, If you like things that are sweet, coffee, orange juice, brandy, lemon crummy, and soft, you should try this 2. Start with 1 cup flour with baking soda and baking recipe! powder. Mix just to blend, 2. add 2nd cup of flour with salt, blend, 3. add 3rd cup of cinnamon, ginger and almond flavor, 4. mixed nuts with a fourth a cup of remaining flour so nuts don’t fall to bottom and add mixture to blend. 5. Beats egg whites and then fold into mixture, add to pan, 6. before you mix ingredients heat oven to 350. 7. Grease pan with oil, then dust it with a little flour. 8. Put in oven for 15 minutes. 9. Reduce heat for 300° for 50 minutes. 10. Test with a toothpick. If it comes out dry, take it out of the oven. Let it cool for quite a while and then turn over to finish cooling. Don’t turn it while it is too hot. Good luck! By: Naomi Allen

Did you know that a chemical reaction happens in honey cake when I bake it in the oven? The evidence of a chemical reaction in the honey cake is when baked gases are released and it puffs up and turns from a liquid to a solid.

Monkey Bread Ingredients: Do you want to taste a a great dessert? Let me tell 1. ½ cup light brown you about Monkey Bread! When I pull it out of the oven, Monkey Bread is steamy. It smells like sugar cinnamon...butter... sugar... and dough! The first 2. 1 ½ teaspoon ground reason to try it is because Monkey Bread it tastes good. It is warm and tastes like cinnamon. The cinnamon second reason is that it is fun to make. For example, 3. ⅛ teaspoon ground I like to make it with my mom. Finally, Monkey Bread is easy to share with people. I like to enjoy nutmeg the dessert after dinner and when I can share it with 4. 6 tablespoon of my friends. I like Monkey Bread because it tastes wonderful, it is fun to make, and you can share it unsalted butter, with your friends. Monkey Bread is good and you melted should try to bake it too! 5. 1 pound pizza dough, room Directions: temperature 1. Stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spray 6. ⅓ cup of sugar 8 inch round cake pan with oil spray. 7. 2 teaspoons milk 2. Grease counter, place dough on greased counter and cut in 36 pieces. 3. Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Dip each ball into melted butter, roll in brown sugar mixture, and place on greased pan. 4. Cover pan with plastic wrap and leave in warm place for 1-2 hours. 5. Heat oven 350 degrees, remove the plastic wrap, and place pan in oven for 20 minutes. Let bread cool for 5 minutes and flip onto a plate. Let it cool. 6. Stir sugar and milk until smooth and drizzle glaze over the bread. By: Lukas Reineke

Have you ever tried monkey bread? When you cook it in the oven heat transfers to make it fluffy. It’s called convection heat transfer.

Emily’s Sweet Donut Holes Hisssss, the oil crackles and sizzles in the Directions pan. In my opinion, my donut hole recipe is tasty. First, the donut is soft and squishy. We 1. Put olive oil in the pan, just cut the dough into triangles and roll them enough to coat the bottom into little balls in our hands. Next, they are 2. Put your stove to medium sweet. After we cook them, we take them heat out of the pan when they are golden brown 3. Take a biscuit out of the and shake them in the sugar and cinnamon. container and cut each one into Finally, you can make them yourself. The 4 triangles recipe only takes a few minutes and you can 4. Cook them for 30 seconds on make it with someone. I make them with my each side, until they are golden mom. In my opinion, my donut hole recipe is brown tasty! The donut is soft and squishy, sweet, 5. Toss them in cinnamon and and you can make it yourself. If you try sugar them you will think they are sweet, crunchy and delicious! Ingredients Olive oil Pillsbury biscuits Cinnamon Sugar Container (to mix the cinnamon and sugar) By: Emily Day

Did you know that donut holes are cooked by conduction? The heat transfers from the stove, to the bottom of the pan, and then to the oil. The oil helps cook the donut holes and the oil pops.

Really Sweet Cheesecake Ingredients: Do you like sweet and creamy Graham Crackers things? Well, if you do, you Cream cheese should try my cheesecake sugar recipe! I think cheesecake is sour cream the best cake. Let me tell you vanilla extract three reasons why. First, the lemon juice cake is sweet, and you will eggs probably like it, because a lot Directions: of people like sweet things. Turn the oven to 350 You probably do! Second, the Blend the crackers into crumbs cake is creamy, so it feels Pour them into a bowl with sugar and mix creamy and soft and squishy Use the mix to line a pan for the crust in your mouth. Lastly, you can with a mixer beat cream cheese and sugar together enjoy it with your family on a until creamy and then add sour cream, vanilla special day, for example, you extract, and lemon juice can eat it on Thanksgiving or add eggs one at a time until blended any holiday you want! As I add the mix onto graham cracker crust and bake have said, this cheesecake is for 1 hour sweet, creamy, and very nice Let cheesecake cool to enjoy with family on a Serve and enjoy special day. By: Paloma Gil

Did you know that when you make cheesecake, it starts as a mixture? You mix ingredients together like eggs, butter and milk. When you put it in the oven, the heat turns the mixture from a liquid to a solid.

Neftali’s Banana Bread Ingredients; \"Hey Mom, what are you making?\" 8 oz butter, at room temperature \"Banana bread\" she said. In my opinion, 14 oz of sugar banana bread is the best! My first 4 eggs reason is because banana bread is 15 oz ap flour delicious. My mom puts it in a cake pan 2 teaspoons baking soda so we can cut it into cake slices. My 2 teaspoons salt second reason is it can put you in a 2 1/4 cups mashed very ripe bananas good mood. One time my sister was in a 1 cup of sour cream bad mood because she couldn’t figure 2 teaspoons vanilla extract out how to do something and so I said Directions: \"hey Ashley try this banana bread\" and * Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy she tried it and it put her in a good * add eggs, and beat to incorporate mood! My third reason is in my family, * In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking making banana bread is a tradition. It’s soda, and salt not just about making the banana * Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until bread, it’s the fact that we are all just combined together as a family. When you make * Add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla and mix to banana bread you can connect with the combined person you’re making it with because * Pour into pan or pans ( 1- 9x5 or 4- 5x3 pans) banana bread takes a while to cook so * Bake at 325 for about 30 to 45 minutes you can talk to the person you’re making it with and make a friendship. Banana bread Is the best because it is delicious, it can put you in a good mood, and it helps you connect with family and friends. It is the best thing in the world! By: Neftali Espinoza

Did you know banana bread is cooked by convection? Convection is a heat transfer by what you use to cook with like an oven. The heat transfers in my recipe from the oven and then the fan moves the the heat and that is how it cooks.

Auggie’s Really Awesome Banana Bread Ingredients Do you want to hear about my family's banana muffins? You should know that I think banana muffins are really tasty and delicious! My first reason is that banana muffins are really healthy. If you like banana and muffins you are lucky, like really lucky! For example let's say you are at a store. You see nice fresh bananas. You take a few, then when you get home you take the ingredients and make banana muffins! A healthy dessert for everyone to eat! My second reason is eating bananas is ok but eating chocolate with it is really great. You can put chocolate chips in it! Yummy right?Last if you agree with eating banana muffins you should try it because its healthy and very sweet. For example if your mom or dad said \"you can't have sweets for breakfast\" then you say \"fine then make me banana muffins because its healthy and sweet for me.\" Then your mom or dad should say \"ok you can have it because I believe you\" which they should. And it's very simple to make anyway. Banana muffins are healthy and sweet. If this sounds good to you, you should try banana muffins. Directions 1) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. 2) Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. 3) In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 4) Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears. 5) Pour batter into muffin pan and bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 mi By: August Cohen

Did you know that a chemical reaction will happen in my recipe when I put my batter in the oven. The evidence of a chemical reaction in this recipe is when gases are released and it puffs up into a solid banana bread.

Mima’s Famous Strawberry Coconut Balls Have you ever had my Mima's strawberry Directions coconut balls? Well if you haven't... YOU ARE LIVING LIFE WRONG!! I think my Mima's 1. Mix the dry jello powder with strawberry coconut balls are the best because the coconut thoroughly, then they're delicious, they're easy to make, and add condensed milk. they're a nice color. One, they're delicious. In fact, they're SO good you would probably 2. Mix it all really well then form choose them over cake. For example, they are 1 inch size balls. rich and sugary. Two, they're easy to make. In Place the formed balls on fact, they're so easy to make, you would cookie sheet. probably make them in 40 minutes. And three, they're a nice color. I love colors, and if you 3. Leave them out to dry until love colors, you'd probably LOVE this foods stiff (8 hrs or overnight). highlighter pink color. I think my Mima's strawberry coconut balls are the best 4. Fingers get sticky, so clean because, they're delicious, they're easy to when necessary. Enjoy!!! :) make, and they're a nice color. With that said, this is one of the best foods I've ever had. I think you will love it. Ingredients 2 small boxes of strawberry jello 1 can of sweetened condensed milk 1 8 oz package sweetened shredded coconut By: Otis Holst