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Garden herb biscuits
Biscuits that smell like the garden. Pick a little rosemary or lavender and bake it into shortbread.
*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.
A tiny plan for your day
Estimated time: 5 min to pick · 20 min to make · 15 min to bake (adult at the oven). It's fine to stop early.
Before you start
What you’ll need
- A small sprig of rosemary or culinary lavender, finely chopped by an adult
- 100g butter, 50g sugar, 150g plain flour
- A bowl, cutters and a baking tray
Let's begin
Five simple steps
That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.
- Together
Pick the herbs together and smell them.
- Little one leads
Your child squishes the butter and sugar together.
Add the flour and a pinch of chopped herbs. Mix into a dough.
Roll out and cut shapes.
- Grown-up job
An adult bakes them at 170°C for about 15 minutes, until pale golden.
All done!
That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.
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