Learning About Yeast
For our Tuesday Big Kid’s Club this season, our focus is on summer picnics. We decided to make a picnic friendly snack: pretzels. Pretzels are easy to make, pack, transport and are generally enjoyed by children. This was also a great opportunity for us to explore an important ingredient that we can find in bread products, yeast!
Before starting the pretzel making, we combined water, sugar and yeast in a water bottle with a deflated balloon at the mouth. We went over that the yeast eats sugar to produce gas, which helps make our pretzels rise. It was fun for us to watch the balloon being blown up by the yeast which happened within 30 minutes!
We first had to activate the yeast with warm water and sugar, just like our balloon experiment.
Everyone was eager to get hands-on with the pretzel making. They did an amazing job pouring, mixing, kneading and waiting for the yeast to do its job!
And Ta-Da! Their pretzels came our delicious and yummy. They were so proud to show off their creation to their parents.
Feel free to try this recipe at home and join us on Tuesdays to learn more about food!
