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Small Plates Kids Cooking Camp, Week 1: The Grocery List

This week's project is a good old-fashioned campfire cookout, which you and your crew will be throwing on Friday night. On the menu: hot dogs on a stick, corn on the cob, foil-pack potatoes with rosemary, and s'mores made with homemade graham crackers and marshmallows! When the kids are not prepping for the cookout, they'll be mastering a few breakfast classics, like granola, parfaits, and scrambled eggs. Sign up for the Small Plates newsletter to get the full two-week plan.
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Welcome to the Small Plates Kids Cooking Camp! Here's what you'll need to follow along this week:

PANTRY

  • Cereal of your choice
  • Maple syrup or agave nectar (⅔ cup + extra for drizzling)
  • Coconut oil (½ cup)
  • Old-fashioned oats (about 12 ounces)
  • Unsweetened coconut flakes (2 ½ cups)
  • Pecans (about 8 ounces)
  • Crisped rice cereal (1 ½ cups)
  • Sesame seeds (½ cup)
  • Kosher salt
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Granulated sugar (2 1/4 cups)
  • Baking soda
  • Vanilla extract
  • Peanut butter (or almond butter, sunflower seed butter, or soy butter)
  • Golden syrup, such as Lyle’s, sorghum, unsulfured molasses (not blackstrap), or honey (¼ cup)
  • Whole wheat flour (2 ½ cups, or 12 ounces, plus more for dusting)
  • Vegetable oil
  • Confectioners' sugar (about 1 cup)
  • 3 (1/4-ounce) envelopes powdered unflavored gelatin
  • Light corn syrup (1 cup)
  • Olive oil (¼ cup)
  • Honey (½ cup)
  • Mustard, ketchup, mayo, or other condiments for hot dogs
  • Chocolate bars for s'mores

DAIRY & EGGS

  • 1 dozen eggs
  • 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter
  • Plain whole-milk yogurt
  • Milk of your choice

PRODUCE

  • 1 pint blueberries or raspberries (for parfaits)
  • 2 pounds small potatoes (such as baby Yukon Gold, about 1 1/2 inches wide)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 small bunch fresh rosemary
  • 1 quart strawberries
  • 5-6 lemons
  • 4-6 ears of corn

MEAT

  • 1 package hot dogs

BREAD

  • 1 package hot dog buns

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

  • Bamboo skewers or chopsticks (for marking graham crackers)
  • Pastry brush
  • Small, fine-mesh sieve
  • Candy thermometer
  • Food coloring (optional)
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Small Plates Kids Cooking Camp, Week 1: The Grocery List
This week's project is a good old-fashioned campfire cookout, which you and your crew will be throwing on Friday night. On the menu: hot dogs on a stick, corn on the cob, foil-pack potatoes with rosemary, and s'mores made with homemade graham crackers and marshmallows! When the kids are not prepping for the cookout, they'll be mastering a few breakfast classics, like granola, parfaits, and scrambled eggs. Sign up for the Small Plates newsletter to get the full two-week plan.
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