Mini Apple Pie Recipe: Little Hands that Cook with Books

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A perfect recipe for fall with kids! Create this easy to bake mini apple pie recipe with your child.

A fun way to learn about baking in the kitchen with an apple themed book for kids.

Making Mini Apple Pie with Kids

We had our first Kids Cooking Class this afternoon and we learned all about Apples! In my cooking class, I try my best to incorporate literature and print as much as I can. Reading is a part of everyday life and itâ€™s so easy to make it real with cooking.

I also teach science and math and art during cooking too! Thatâ€™s what makes cooking one of the best things you can do with your child!

We read the book The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall.

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This is one of my favorite books to discuss apples, seasons, changes and life cycles just by the life around a simple apple tree in the backyard.

Once we read the book I had a large sheet of paper for the chefs to decide what they thought would taste best in an apple pie. With a little guidance, we got all of our ingredients listed.

Then we discussed what types of cooking tools we would need to find to prepare our apple pie. We found a bowl, spoon, child safe knife, tablespoon, teaspoon, rolling pin, pie plate and measuring cup.

I created an assorted pile of cooking terms for the girls to search through to label our items with.

Apple Pie Recipe for Kids

Once we established our ingredients we found the recipe with all of those terms on it and read over it together as we gathered and identified our ingredients. Each chef was in charge of cutting their apple into small slices using a butter knife.

We talked about how to keep our fingers out of the way for knife safety. (The riper they are the easier they are to cut for little hands.)

Then they added their ingredients based on the recipe to their diced apples and placed it into a miniature pie plate. We baked the pies for 30 minutes.

While we were waiting we sang a few apple songs and read another non-fiction apple book. We discussed the different kinds of apples and we taste-tested yellow, green and red apples and discussed how some are sweet and some are tart.

We created an apple art project by creating legs and arms by folding them accordian style and then attaching them with glue. Then they personalized their apple with a face.

Then it was time to enjoy our finished product! This week we will incorporate some Apple Literacy projects to enforce what we learned using the songs we learned and a child created book with sight words! Check out more of The Educators’ Spin On It Apple Activities here:

Tot School-Appelicious Fun

After School Express: Apple Fun

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