This document provides guidance for a bread-making project to teach youth important life skills through an experiential learning process. The bread-making process allows youth to learn about wheat production, nutrition, and scientific concepts while developing skills in teamwork, communication, decision-making, and planning through hands-on mixing, kneading, rising, and baking of bread. Discussion questions are included to help youth reflect on what they learned from each step of the process.
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1. The “APPLY”
This section of the Experiential Learning Model promotes the life skills learned in the bread-making process that will
improve the youth’s ability in other similar situations. Ask such questions as:
• “What would the youth do differently if he or she had to repeat the same process?”
SUMMARY:
Bread-making can be fun, but more than that it gives the youth a hands-on understanding of the process while learning
Fact Sheet-06-90
its relationships to other subjects such as chemistry, biology, math and geography as well as nutrition. It also helps the
youth to understand the importance of wheat in our daily lives.
BREAD-MAKING MADE EASY
A Project Leader’s Guide to Bread Making
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References: Walter Barker, Ph.D., Area Extension Specialist, 4-H & Youth Development
• Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas 4-H Foundation. (1995). Wheat from field to table. Kansas State University
Department of Communications. Introduction: 2. To learn and increase their skills in the basics of
measurements, chemical reactions and other
• Pleiffer, J.W. & J. E. Jones. (1972- 1985) Experiential Learning Model. The Reference Guide to Handbooks and Home bread-making is fast becoming a lost art.
scientific and mathematical activities that go into
Modern day technology (i.e., the electronic bread
Annuals. Vol. 1-10 bread-making.
machine) has replaced the fun of mixing and kneading
• Dragonwagon, C. (1989) This is the Bread I baked for Ned. MacMillan. as well as the measurement, weight, physical activity
and the other life skills such as communication, critical 3. To gain the knowledge and fun that can be a part of
• TomieDePaola, G. P. (1989). Tony’s Bread. An Italian Folktale. Putman & Sons. thinking and decision-making that go into bread- the process of bread-making.
making. Besides these, youth will find that some of the
• Goldstein, B. (1992) What’s on the Menu? Food Poems. Ed Viking. processes included in bread-making can be integrated Age Appropriateness: 10-13 years old
into other school subject units such as: social science,
geography, math, nutrition, chemistry and/or biology. Life Skills:
To view the video “Wheat from Field to Table” Kansas Wheat Commission (1995), call Southern Area Extension Office 1. Youth will learn how to work as a team
This fact sheet promotes adult-youth partnerships as 2. Youth will learn how to communicate in a
to check out video (702) 257-5538. adult leaders share some of their bread-making skills group setting
with youth. Youth groups will enjoy the fun and the 3. Youth will learn the basics of decision-
skills that will last them a life-time. making
Learning Objectives: Educational Objectives:
All project leaders should be familiar with the 1. To expose youth to the knowledge
Experiential Learning Model that allows the learner to and scientific concepts in social
science, geography, math, nutrition,
chemistry and biology.
2. To develop science skills of
observing, comparing/measuring and
experiencing.
3. To help youth develop life skills in
planning/organizing and problem-
solving.
experience the activity, “DO” to describe and discuss
the most important part of their experiences with others
in the group, “REFLECT” and then “APPLY,” share Time:
how they would use the experiences in their daily life Preparation: Varies
(Pfeiffer and Jones, 1972-1985). The learning Activity: 4-5 hours
objectives for the bread-making experience allow
youth: What’s needed?
• Measuring cups
1. To learn about wheat from the fields to the table,
and increase their awareness of wheat’s role in the
world’s food supply along with its value in diet.
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2. • Bowls - one for each 4-H bread-making group For this bread-making activity, you will 4. Fold and press the dough continuously for about 6 The “REFLECTION”:
need 3½ cups of either the 50/50 white/
• Bowl scraper or knife
whole wheat flour if you plan to make
to 10 minutes, then cover the bowl container with Here are some simple questions for discussions as the
• Water pitchers wheat bread, or a 3½ cups of white flour
a piece of plastic wrap or aluminum foil. The 4-H leader describes and discusses the parts of the
plastic wrap is preferred as one can see the dough process. The answers can help in other scientific
• Aluminum foil if you plan to make white flour bread. as it rises. Allow dough to rise for about 45 to 60 subjects. The questions will also promote discussion
• Towels • You will need to use packaged minutes. and critical thinking.
dried yeast (1 pack for every 3½
• Kneading board or clean table top cups of flour).
• Permanent markers • Measure sugar: 2 sets of 1
What do you know about one mini-loaf* of bread?
(Leader needs to ask each nutritional fact (i.e., how
• Bread-making pan tablespoon.
many calories in a mini-loaf of bread.)
• Wire rack • Measure vegetable oil of Answer:
choice: 1 tablespoon.
• Whole wheat and/or white general purpose
• Measure salt: 2 teaspoons
Calories: 654
wheat flour Protein 20.4 g, 12% of calories
• Measure warm water: 1 cup
• Other wheat products (optional) plus an additional ¼ cup for yeast 5. After the dough has risen, remove from container
Carbohydrates: 131 g, 78% of calories
Fat: 6.98 g, 9% of calories
• Packaged dried yeast (1 pack for every 3½ cups preparation. bowl and again knead, by folding then kneading Dietary Fiber: 12.6g
of flour) for another 4-6 minutes. * One mini-loaf contains eight 1-ounce servings
• Sugar (1 tablespoon to every 3½ cups of flour) 6. Let each group prepare yeast for the dough mix
by adding water to the yeast.
• Vegetable oil of choice (1 tablespoon to every
7. Mix in a bowl: yeast and sugar and ¼ cup of
What do you know about yeast?
3½ cups of flour) Answer: It is a single cell fungus that when combined
flour thoroughly. Then add the ¼ cup of warm with sugar (C6H12O6) produces alcohol (C2H5OH) and
• Salt (2 teaspoons to every 3½ cups of flour) water (105 – 110 F). Allow yeast to activate for carbon dioxide (CO2).
Warm water (1¼ cups for every 3½ cups of 15 minutes.
flour) 8. Discuss wheat and the other areas where wheat is What do you know about gluten?
used. Answer: It is a property of wheat that causes the
Pre-preparation: 9. Discuss Activity 1 by allowing 4-H youth to share 6. Prepare baking pan by slightly greasing it to stickiness when flour is mixed with water.
1. Baking facility, with an oven their experiences from the activity. prevent the final product from sticking to the pan
calibrated to at least 400 degrees F. after baking. What do you know about the dough as it rises?
2. Form groups of no more than three Activity 2: Mixing and kneading the dough: Answer: Dough rises twice its original size when put
individuals per group, and at least one 7. Cut dough to size and place in baking pan. Allow in a warm place because the yeast is very active when
adult volunteer per every 10 youth. 1. Add all the additional ingredients, (sugar, salt, dough to rise to twice its size in the pan before it is in warm environment.
3. Thorough hand-washing. vegetable oil, flour and the additional warm water putting pan into oven
4. Volunteer/project leader supervision. in the bowl with the prepared yeast). Wheat Facts:
• Wheat is a grass whose seeds belong to the cereal
What’s next? grain group, which provides the largest serving on
1. The activity will take about four hours from start the food guide pyramid.
(mixing and baking) to finish (tasting). To make
good use of the time while the dough is rising,
• Wheat contains gluten, the basic structure for
the 4-H leader can give ideas on how to do a bread-making.
demonstration on bread-making, and how to • There are six classes of wheat grown in the
prepare for the County Fair bread-making 8. Preheat oven to 350 to 375 degrees. Then place United States: hard red winter wheat, high in
exhibit (approximately 1½ hour). 2. Mix well. Slowly add enough of the remaining baking pan with dough in oven and allow to bake proteins and strong in gluten; hard red spring,
2. Discuss the importance of wheat and its flour until a soft dough ball forms. for about 15 to 18 minutes. high in protein; soft red winter, lower in protein;
relevance in the world. Make linkages to social • Durum, good source for spaghetti and macaroni;
science, geography, math, nutrition, chemistry 9. Remove pan from oven and allow bread to cool hard white, good for noodles, and soft white,
and/or biology. on a wire rack . great for crackers and noodles.
3. View the video “Wheat from Field to Table,” • Wheat is used for cattle, poultry and other
Kansas Wheat Commission (1995). (To acquire livestock feed.
video, refer to last page.)
4. Have individuals mark their names on supplies • The kernel of wheat is the storehouse of essential
including bread pans. 3. Knead the dough with just enough flour to make nutrients in a human diet. It is a good source of
5. Allow youth to measure the various ingredients. it soft (a little sticky). Do not add too much flour complex carbohydrates and moderate protein
as this will make the final bread product too dry. source.
The Experience “DO” 10. Serve as desired. • Wheat is a source of daily dietary fiber.
Activity 1: • Kansas is the number one in flour milling and
If you are planning to make wheat gluten production.
bread, combine whole wheat and white • One 60-pound bushel provides 42 pounds of
all purpose wheat flour in a 50/50 mix. flour, enough for about 70 one-pound loaves of
white bread.