They boys are learning equivalent fractions so we practiced by baking Brown Eyed Orange Bars while making them figure out how many scoops they would need if they only had one size measuring cup at a time! This delightful recipe is one my Mum made when I was a little girl. I don't know the origin of it but here it is:
For the squares:
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup skim milk powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 c. orange juice
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup chocolate chips
Heat the oven to 375°F.
Grease and flour square 9”cake pan and set aside.
Sift the flour with the skim milk powder, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Beat in the butter, orange juice, orange rind, vanilla and egg until well mixed.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Spread into cake pan.
Bake 20-25 minutes until done.
While still warm, spread with orange glaze.
Leave to cool completely before cutting.
For the orange glaze:
2/3 cup sifted icing sugar sugar
1 Tbsp. orange juice
1 tsp. grated orange rind
Mix all ingredients together. Add more orange juice as needed to make
glaze consistency. Pour over bars while still warm.
Tanner has been wanting to try making his own ginger tea for quite awhile so tonight he did it. He brewed his own ginger tea! It was way too spicy for me but he quite enjoyed it!
And finally Michael made dinner tonight - a Chicken Chow Mein recipe he picked up from watching Jamie Oliver videos online. It is delicious but we ate it all so sorry, no pictures!
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