Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
Learning a basic biscuit recipe and adapting it for a new audience while considering the cost of ingredients and other expenses against a set budget
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Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe features of biscuits using taste, texture and appearance.
- Explain why some biscuits might be made for children, adults or special occasions.
- Remember and follow simple rules for working in a safe and clean way.
- Follow a recipe with support.
- Use a budget to plan a recipe.
- Adapt a recipe using additional ingredients to fit a design or budget.
- Measure and mix ingredients properly.
- Contribute to a discussion about criteria for evaluation.
For lesson 5, it is important that a participant is invited to the lesson for market research for each group.
Suggested prior learning
Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Existing biscuits
- To evaluate existing biscuit products.
Lesson 2: Basic biscuits
- To prepare and cook a dish.
Lesson 3: Budgeting
- To select ingredients and follow a budget.
Lesson 4: Packaging
- To take inspiration from existing products.
Lesson 5: Market research
- To make and test a prototype biscuit.
Lesson 6: Evaluating biscuits
- To evaluate a final product.
Key skills
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe'.
Vocabulary display – D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Adapting a recipe'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics
Number – multiplication and division – solve problems using multiplying and adding
Geometry – properties of shape – make 3D shapes using modelling materials
Measurement – estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence