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Bake Bread Together

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What we're doing

Weighing, timing, kneading and a genuine chemical reaction.

  • About 120 minutes
  • Life Skills
  • Life Skills

Gather these

  • Strong flour
  • Yeast
  • Salt
  • Water
  • Scales

Step by step

  • Weigh everything before you start.
  • Mix, knead and note the time.
  • Watch the dough double and talk about why.
  • Bake, cool and eat.

Worth talking about

Yeast and fermentation
Weighing accurately
Following a process
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Record what happened

There's no wrong way to fill this in

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What we did

Write, list or draw — whatever suits today.

Skills we touched on

SkillHow it showed up

Reflect together

What surprised you about bake bread together?
What was the easiest part? What was the fiddliest?
What would you change if you did it again tomorrow?
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Take it further

Three doors out of the same activity

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If it felt tricky

Make soda bread — no rising time.

If it felt easy

Compare two loaves with different rising times and record findings.

If you'd rather do it differently

Make flatbreads on a camping stove outdoors.

Next time, we could

  • Try it outdoors
  • Invite a friend or sibling
  • Stretch it over a whole week

Our own ideas