Dinosaur Dough (Rrrrrrr!)

I had lots of fun cooking at our local preschool this week - their theme was dinosaurs, so I made some 'dinosaur dough'. I shaped the dough  into dinosaur eggs and the children rolled it out and then cut out Tyrannosaurus and Stegosaurus shaped biscuits.

For decoration there were pumpkin and sunflower seeds for the spikes and pomegranate seeds for scary red dinosaur eyes. Lots of the children enjoyed tasting the seeds as they decorated the dinosaurs, and the finished biscuits looked great.

Dinosaur Dough

You will need:

115g butter

200g honey

Self raising flour

1 tablespoon of ground ginger

1 egg

Preheat the oven to 160c and tell your child that it is hot

1. Melt the butter and honey together in a saucepan over very a low temperature.

2. Weigh out the flour with your child into a mixing bowl and let them measure the ginger into the bowl.

3. Let your child make a 'well' in the flour and ginger, digging with a tablespoon.

4. Now help your child to break an egg into a bowl and whisk it.

5. Let your child watch your pour the butter and honey mix and the egg into the well, then stir a few times yourself before handing over to your child.

6. Bring the dough together and then turn out onto a surface with a little flour.

7. Show your child how to gently knead the dough until it comes together into a nice ball.

8. Get your child rolling and cutting out shapes.

9. Decorate with pomegranate seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds - encourage them to try the dinosaur spikes and red eyes as you go, its amazing what they will try when it is play!

10. Bake for 15 minutes until golden