Bannock
Preparation
needed: Gather resources
Resources: Plastic
food bags(zip lock is best), flour, baking powder, water, cooking oil, a cup, a
stick, camp fire, toppings of your choice.
Age
range: early years, primary, secondary, adult
Group
size: any
Additional
issues: none
Put all of these ingredients into a zip lock plastic bag,
1 cup of flour, 1 level tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp of cooking oil and 1 cup of
warm water.
Close up the bag and knead it with your hands until all
of the ingredients are mixed up into a soft ball of dough. When the dough has
formed put a clean green stick into the bag and form a ‘sausage’ shape of dough
onto the end of the stick and then hold the stick over the campfire hot coals
not flames turning frequently for about 10 minutes.
You can eat it as it is or you can spread on some jam or
honey or even pesto.
What are we learning from this activity?
Fine motor skills, health and safety, texture, using fire
to cook, independence.