“I love cookies. They’re hands-on, there’s a lot of technique involved in them, they’re really fun and easy to do with kids, they bake quickly,they’re perfect for gift giving any time of year, and they’re great.
This week on the show, a collection of favorite wintery stories for the holiday season. We drop in on a cookie baking workshop with kids at a food pantry, we enjoy a hot cup of coffee on a chilly bike ride, and we toast up a batch of maple granola for holiday gift giving.
All that, plus CHESTNUTS on this special episode of Earth Eats. Stay with us
Cookie Class
I mentioned last week how I like to make cookies around the holidays. Making cookies is a great thing to do with kids of all ages.
You can keep it simple or go all out. And even the youngest children can pour a cup of flour into a bowl or cut a shape from some rolled out cookie dough.
Georgia O'Conner and Alyssa Weis are nutrition and youth educators at Mother Hubbards Cupboard in Bloomington Indiana. The Hub, as the locals call it, is a food pantry and community food resource center that offers regular gardening and cooking workshops for children and adults.
They've got a spacious teaching kitchen and this year they offered a special pre-holiday cookie baking workshop just for kids
About 10 young bakers and a handfull of parents lined the edges of the tall metal tables in the classroom. They had rolling pins, baking sheets and measuring cups at each station
They taught 3 different recipes, with some of the steps done ahead of time to move things along. Earth Eats sat in on the workshop and interviewed the instructors.
Coffee Outside
Ever heard of Coffeeneuring? What about " coffee outside?"
My guest this week, River Bailey, fills us in on the trend.
In fact, He takes us along for the ride.
River's Checklist for Coffee Outside (with some links to River's picks) :
Water
Kettle or pot
Fuel for stove
Coffee
Coffee making device and filter (if needed) pour-over or Aeropress
Lighter, fire starter or matches
Container or bag (to store used grounds/filter for the ride home)
A bag or pack (to carry all of the above)
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