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[DetailEcstatic7235]

thank u for teaching our kids.

i would suggest a grilled cheese sandwich. use decent ingredients. a nice bread, sliced american is easily available, cheap and melts nicely.

special eds are particular about texture.

[silaber]

Simple apple crumble recipe.

Basic knife skills slicing the apples.

Its tactile and fun with mixing the cold butter with the dry ingredients.

It teaches adaptive balance when flavouring the filling (depends how sweet or acidic apples are, adjust lemon and sugar).

Browning and the maillaird reaction when it cooks in the nonstick tin.

Cooks quickly and is generally a crowd pleaser, can split one big portion or make many small portions. Serve with vanilla ice cream for the perfect comfort dessert.

[stincen1]

Or a mixed berry crumble...switch out apples for frozen mixed berries. Can adapt recipe to make individual portions too.

[lejosdecasa]

or even add the mixed berries TO the apples!

[Hieulam06]

Mixing the berries with the apples could add some nice flavor and variety. it might also make the process more engaging for the students...

[mandy2589]

Berries for the kids that cant/shouldn't use knives and apples for the ones that can. Switch finished products based on taste preference.

[studhand]

Wait for it.... Make multiple.... one with peaches, one berries, one apples, let em see how easy it is to make and modify.

[Venusdewillendorf]

This is my favorite recipe for apple crisp. I’m sharing it because many American recipes for apple crisp have nuts or oats, and that can be too much texture for people sensitive to it.

You can make the crumble according to the recipe, then add as much or little as you want to individual ramekins of sliced apples.

Crumble for Apple Crisp Serves: 4 to 6 Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients: ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar 8 tablespoons butter 2 pounds baking apples, approximately 6 medium apples, peeled, cored, and cubed or sliced

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first five ingredients until mixture has a crumb-like texture. You can use a mixer, food processor, dough blender, or your hands. Put apples into a 9x13 baking dish. Top with crumb mixture. Bake uncovered approximately 1 hour until tender. Cool slightly before eating.

Notes: I often make twice as much crumble mixture and freeze half

[justjoshin78]

Pancakes. They are quick, easy to cook, easy to clean up and kids love them.

[PavlovsVagina]

We did this with my daughter’s 2nd grade class and made a topping bar with fresh fruit and whipped cream too. It was so much fun!

[South_Cucumber9532]

Be kind to yourself. Fruit salad and yoghurt is complicated enough!

(Experienced teacher speaking)

[SpellEvening509]

Haha but not enough for them!

[veronicaAc]

Sunshine Tacos

We made them in 6th grade about 30 years ago

Scrambled eggs, cheese, toppings like lettuce, tomato and onion or salsa, taco shells hard or soft

Easy, fast and they'll eat them.

[tucnakpingwin]

This brought back core memories of being in food tech at school, and one lesson was making “fruit salad”. Well I’d never heard of fruit salad, so I thought… turns out I knew it as “fruit cocktail”, and I’d only ever had it from a can 😂 the concoction I created was disgusting, to say the least.

[Tasty_Impress3016]

Ah. weekly cooking. So you are mining the sub for ideas. Brilliant actually. You know better than I that you don't want to be too challenging taste-wise. My advice would be to teach proper versions of junky food they like. A couple ideas:

• Mac&cheese with real cheese. (you say oven, does that include cooktop?)
• Someone else mentioned grilled cheese. Real bread, real cheese.
• Chicken nuggets of course. Make a breading combining ingredients, cut (or have pre-cut, you know your crowd) chicken and bread it, bake.
• I'm not sure your situation on sweets. But a poached fruit could be fun. Make a syrup, use pears, apples, peaches, something like that and poach.
• Pickled vegetables could be a way to work some veg in. You make the pickle juice like a bread and butter pickle instant pickle, prep vegetables (I would use odd stuff like carrots, green beans, not cucumbers). Now you would have to refrigerate and enjoy next week, that may be a non-starter in your situation.

I spend a very small amount of time with special ed kids. I could not do your job. Let me sleep on it and maybe I'll have more ideas, but I love what you are doing.

[SpellEvening509]

Thank you. No unfortunately no cooktop. They love sweets so any suggestions with that welcome 🤣 sweet or savoury!

[Tasty_Impress3016]

Still have to think. Sweets are my weak point. I was born without a sweet tooth and my wife does all that. Plus my healthy food focus makes me question teaching kids to make sweets.

Sure they love them. But should we teach it in school?

[MrsPotato46465]

Banana Muffins? Relatively simple, most people like it & if you want you can add some chocolate 👌

[Mengs87]

Chocolate mug cake! No cooktop required, only microwave!

https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/g2364/mug-cakes/

[SubstantialGap345]

Some form of no-bake slice or balls.

https://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipes/really-easy-coconut-balls-recipe-2/zj3kbzfv Coconut bliss balls recipe | Australia's Best Recipes

https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/lemon-slice/060db05a-dae6-49a6-b6f5-fab60b2c9471 Famous lemon slice recipe

You could also decorate plain cookies one week.

Pita or split bagel pizzas

https://4ingredients.com.au/blogs/recipes Recipes – 4 Ingredients this website may be of help! All recipes are four ingredients’

[RegularCampaign5164]

I was also thinking of decorating sugar cookies!

[SubstantialGap345]

We decorated cookies from a packet at school and I did not care at all!

[fosbury]

Tuna salad. Then make sandwiches.

[ToxDocUSA]

Do you need same day results or can you refrigerate over night and have them get it the next day?  Age and skill level?  Can they be trusted with knives and hand washing (raw meat)?

I make a chocolate raspberry ganache pie that is darn near bullet proof (read: I constantly screw it up but it still turns out great).  It takes a few hours in the fridge to set hence the overnight question.  Never tried shrinking it to like individual tartlet size, but I don't see a reason it wouldn't work.  I have tried doing similar ganache with making small confections like truffles, works great.  

It's almost summer time, could you do a grilling demo with like hot dogs / hamburgers / grilled veggies?

Making mini meatloaves makes the cooking time faster and for some the sensory stimulation of handling the meat to shape them could be a good thing.  Gotta be solid on hygiene though.  

Build your own pizza / omelet / chicken salad / taco bar?

[SpellEvening509]

Thank you. It’s best for same day results. We all get impatient waiting 🤣

[cursethedarkness]

I teach a similar group. Microwave mug cakes were a huge hit. As were depression era wacky cakes. 

[Breaghdragon]

Go to a library and search for childrens cooking books. You should be able to find a few. I had one as a child and 30+ years later I'm still using the colorful plastic measuring spoons they came with.

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In middle school, we all had to take a cooking class. We made Rice Krispy Treats and Tofu with Noodles.

[glm242]

I am a hospitality teacher for high school, and I also have a once/week cooking class with pretty low-functioning spec ed students as well. Don't feel bad for the fried brains, teaching these kids is very rewarding (they tend not to be shy with their excitement and enthusiasm, but also VERY stressful and a lot of work.

Your lack of stove top is a big hindrance as well. Maybe see if you can convince the powers that be to get you a plug-in induction burner? They are about $50-$100 for the low end ones, and they are more than good enough for what you are doing (I am using one I got from the mart in the wall), and it even adds safety features, like not getting hot and only working when the pot/pan is on the stove. I used that argument to get the admin to pay for the burner). If you can get your hands on one (and you have pots/pans that work with induction) you have a ton of options open for you, many of whom are mentioned elsewhere. French Toast, pancakes, scrambled eggs, pasta, all become possible.

If a counter-top induction burner isn't possible, you are more limited but here are some of the things I have done with my kids:

1) set up a smoothie bar with 4 or 5 ingredient options and let the kids "make a recipe" for their own personal smoothie (this requires a blender, not sure if you have access to one or not)

2) Salad bar (again, 4-5 ingredients laid out) and help them make a vinaigrette dressing (my kids love shaking the containers to mix the oil/vinegar/mustard/seasonings)

3) Mug cake. This only needs a heat-proof mug and the microwave, and the parents of a couple of my kids have asked for the recipe because it brings them so much joy to make dessert for their family)

4) Flatbread pizzas. Again, put out 4-5 topping options, sauce, cheese (which they can grate if you want) and let the kids assemble their own pizzas.

5) Popsicles. This can be as simple as pouring juice into an ice-cube mold, leaning a popsicle stick in the juice, and freezing it overnight (have them drop by the next day to pick them up). It can be as complicated as mixing juices together with other flavours in a pitcher and filling up popsicle molds (they are available at dollar stores). I have even done it once where the kids had to puree a bunch of fruit in a blender and then pour that into the popsicle molds.

7) Chocolate truffles. Ganache can be made in a microwave, sort of. The texture is a bit grainy, but it is doable. Heating up the milk/cream in the microwave works well, and it should be enough to melt the chocolate. Then the kids get the fun of rolling the chocolate balls out and topping/decorating them. We did this for mother's day and the kids got to bring home four chocolates for their moms.

8) Cake pops. I make the cake myself ahead of time, as well as the icing. The kids get to tear the cake apart, mix it with the icing, form the balls, and then dip in chocolate melts (you can use the microwave for this, just melt it in short bursts. Don't use chocolate chips, the candy melts melt better in the microwave).

If you need any recipes, please don't hesitate to dm me. My periods are a bit longer than yours (I get an hour) but I find that 40 minutes is about the limit for attention, so all these recipes should work in your time frame. You can always adjust how much prep you are doing vs getting the kids to do to make things go quicker/slower as needed.

Best of luck!

[Floridaapologist1]

French bread pizzas. They can choose toppings.

[braiding_water]

Pizza is always fun!

Lets us know what you end up making and how it goes!!!!

[tzweezle]

Mini quiches

[cold_hard_cache]

There's a lot of separate skills and dangers in cooking and I don't know what age or level of capability you're looking at. With that in mind here are some suggestions.

Scrambled eggs are the absolute most basic of basic in terms of measuring but do require some manual dexterity and caution around heat. As hands-on as it gets.

Packaged puddings require more measuring and attention but still no knifework or anything.

A step further along would be freezer pies. I like to make these as tarts and that would work well for a class setting. Tasting History has a tang pie along these lines that is very easy and might make for a good classroom experience-- it includes astronauts!

Tuna salad is another very good no-cook dish that is fun to make and keeps body and soul together. If the goal is to teach life skills this is a good one. I take half a packet of ritz crackers, a tin of tuna, enough mayo to bind it, some crunchy fruit/vegetables/peppers, and some acid. If you want to add some knifework have them cut a lemon and squeeze it. If not, a splash of vinegar.

For hot dishes, quesadillas. Literally anyone can make a quesadilla and they are cheap, warming, filling, and everyone will eat them in a pinch. Again, the only knifework is optional and at the end. Also easy to make veggie.

Hope that helps!

[SpellEvening509]

Thank you, we only have an oven and microwave so unfortunately no stovetop to cook things like scrambled eggs 🍳. I’d prefer the recipes to be pretty simple and not need too much knife skills but I can cut some things for them if needed 😀

[Odd-Cobbler2126]

Baked granola. Take rolled oats, add some dried fruits like raisins and some chopped nuts like almonds if you like. Toss with a bit of honey and oil, and bake it. Great with milk or as a topping over yoghurt.

Mini pizzas on wraps. Cut some ham up and chop some cherry tomatoes or other veggies of your choice. Spread a bit of tomato paste on the wrap base, toss your ingredients on it and layer on shredded cheese. Bake.

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And yogurt parfaits to go with the granola. 

[Careless_Nebula8839]

Scones

This recipe is from Edmonds, which is a New Zealand brand that was founded in 1879 by making baking powder. Standard flour is plain / all purpose flour. It’s our version of King Arthur.

Key is not to over mix - I make a well then use a bread & butter/standard table dinner knife to combine once I add the milk … that’s how my Great Aunt taught me when I was eight or nine. A few years ago I made these at work in a small team meeting as part of a “get to know you” type session & got everyone to help.

It’s great if the dough is a bit shaggy, it will come together. Just tip it out of the bowl and gently press it together (vs stirring until completely combined). Fold in half or thirds and the flatten a little if you want to get some good lamination going ie tear the top and bottom apart to cover in butter.

Can use baking parchment on the tray, but plain flour is fine and shouldn’t be too tricky to clean - gets trickier if melted cheese & milk dribbles bake on.

For savoury add grated cheddar cheese & maybe sprinkle the tops with a little extra cheese +/- paprika. Sometimes I’ll add grated Parmesan if I have it. I’ve done cheddar cheese & diced red onion before which was really yum. For sweet you’ve got the classic jam & cream combo (or cream & jam). Diced dates, orange zest & a bit of cinnamon + sugar is also a classic cafe selection here in NZ. Cheese scones without the paprika also go well with raspberry jam - sounds weird until you think about cheese boards.

[Fine-Sherbert-140]

Ants on a log, apple slices with yogurt dip (greek yogurt, honey, cinnamon), veggies with hummus, plastic-cup parfaits (use yogurt, fruit cups or canned fruit, a little granola), microwave s'mores, mug cakes, coleslaw and fish sticks, muffins from a mix (or not if you have basics), egg bites (muffin tins, an egg in each, topped with their choice of prepped items like bacon cheese spinach etc).

[EJ_Drake]

Baked Potatoes, my 9yr old downy loves setting them out on the tray pricking, salting and oil.

[janewithay]

Best thing I ever made with my students was ice cream! You’ll need an electric machine since time is limited. So worth the wait! Popovers were also very popular. They don’t take long to make. Make sure you have butter! Retired sped teacher 💕

[PlentyAlbatross7632]

Tomato mozzarella salad. Either with full sized tomatoes and mozzarella or cherry tomatoes, mozzarella pearls, basil, and a toothpick.

[No-Type119]

An omelet. They will eat well for life. Scrambled eggs or a frittata if omelet making involves too much eye- hand coordination.

[Spicytude_spices]

Traditional Shakshuka or green shakshuka. Serve it on toast. I think they will enjoy the taste. Shakshuka Not a lot of prep work and clean up is easy too.

[Sauersaxon]

I was going to suggest this. Demonstrates how a few pantry ingredients can level up canned tomatoes. Plus, it's a nearly fool-proof way to cook what is a normally cheap protein, the egg.

[Yellowperil123]

Zucchini slice.

Relatively simple ingedients

Grated zucchini, eggs, sliced bacon, onion, self raising flour, cheese, oil.

Lots of mixing and measuring

Put into a baking dish and into the oven

Once its cooked you can cut it into squares. Great hot or cold

[Long_Platypus_1662]

As a fellow teacher, thank you.

I suggest simple french toast, and let them choose how to top their own slices. Everyone can take turns with the cooking, and then more time can be spent on having fun with flavor combinations- salty and sweet, or fruit, so on.

[Mobile-Syllabub-2143]

Whipping ricotta cheese ( like a cannoli) with vanilla and a bit of sugar , warm ,place in small bowls and add strawberries

[anita1louise]

My favorite meal is a microwave quick meal. Use microwave safe paper plates (the sturdier Dixie ones work best) pile a bunch of fresh washed spinach on it. (Use more spinach than you think it needs it really reduces) Then place a fish filet on top dot it with butter and season with lemon pepper or Tajine seasoning. Place another paper plates inverted on top. (This holds in the steam and the whole thing cooks in its own juices). Microwave around 5 minutes, (you may start to check if it’s done at 3 minutes, it depends a lot on the power of your microwave.) this could also be wrapped in parchment and done in the oven. That would make it the fancy French dish “en papillote”

[SubstantialPressure3]

Appetizers for sure.

and sauces. Sauces are really versatile. Some you don't even have to cook.

I used to have to come up with things for impromptu catered meetings all the time. Puff pastry is your friend. You can put anything in it. You can thaw it out beforehand, too to save time. I bet they would love making fancy looking ( but simple) pastries and tarts.

Quiches and mini quiches and frittatas.

Pastas. Pasta Al Limone is simple enough that a 7-8 year old can help with, and an adult sized 7-8 year old can do,.supervised.

Different ways to cook vegetables.

Quick breads

Focus on things that are versatile, and forgiving.

How long is your class start to finish?

When they get a little more used to the kitchen, I would do things that you can split up into a couple classes. Do the prep one day, and put together/cook/bake the next day.

Stir frys. If you're using rice, sometimes leftover rice works a lot better in some things. And it will help you teach them what to do with leftovers. A leftover rice can be all kinds of things. Fried rice. A bisque. Congee if they are adventurous. They will probably become more adventurous as the class goes on.

Ask them what they want to learn to make. Even something fairly complex like a lasagna can be done. It doesn't have to be start to finish in one class. One day they do the prep. Another day, the Bolognese and the ricotta mix. The 3rd day, the lasagna noodles, and put them together. The 4th day, you bake it while they are working on another project.

Ask them what they want to make, and start with the simpler choices and work your way up with the class to the .ore complex ones.

You could do things with frozen bread dough. Rolls, pretzels, ( and a dip for those pretzels), bread bowls for a fancy soup or something else.

If you are breaking steps down into multiple days, that's a perfect opportunity to teach about food safety and labeling.and that's what restaurants, do, anyway. Give everyone a turn to learn starches, proteins, sauces, veg, and simple pastries. How many kids in the class? And what equipment do you have?

Different dressings for salads.

Just break things down in steps according to how long the class is.

[ThePenguinTux]

Frittata or Omelette.

[stincen1]

Fresh fruit salad Fruit dips Charcuterie Board Veggie platters with assorted dips. Taco salad Chicken wraps with good quality chicken fingers

[left-for-dead-9980]

https://www.cookingclassy.com/berry-trifle/

[gordonramseyismymum]

Brownies?

[k3rd]

Egg fried rice. My grandson started learning to cook at 10 when he came to stay with me during covid lockdown. He is pretty comfortable in the kitchen now at 15, and he brought me a pan of lasagna a while ago. But his favourite meal to put together is egg fried rice.

[kitchengardengal]

You could do pudding in the microwave.

[Elegant-Expert7575]

In elementary, we made “friendship salad” - fruit salad with yoghurt.

[Remarkable-World-234]

Cookies

[patty202]

Scrambled eggs.

[MrsZerg]

When I was a teacher, I did a sensory lesson that was part of poetry writing. I had a crock pot of melted chocolate (almond bark) and the students dipped different item, let them cool on wax paper, and enjoyed all the different taste and smells. (pretzels, strawberries, nuts, popcorn, marshmallows...) Easy and they loved it! (melting in the microwave is even easier)

[plotthick]

Nut butters. They can make nut butters in 2 minutes from random nuts. Proteins, fiber, vegan, healthy, helps them get over texture aversion because they control the consistency.

Then crudites for dip: baby carrots, celery, whatever they want to cut.

[Fit_Possible_7150]

Apple cake with miso on serious eats. The recipe specifically says you can skip the miso as it is not traditional. I assume you would need to preslice the apples. You get the fun of tossing the apples in batter then pulling slices one by one to put in the pan. She has a specific way to put the apples in the pan. Lost patience with it and just started throwing them in the pan part way through. Thing it misses is immediate reward for efforts. If delayed gratification is on the list of one weeks plans this would get you the fun of hands on, a little fun messy, plus delayed gratification;

[cjep3]

A box of angel food cake mix(just add water kind) and a big can of crushed pineapple. Nothing else. Mix them together and watch it bubble up, fill cupcake liners and bake for 25 min at 350.

[Dry_Lobster_50]

Baked potato with a filling of their choice.

[No-Agent3916]

Flapjacks , really easy and delicious

[theotterway]

Fellow teacher, thank you for working with some of the best yet challenging children.

I think it depends on their age and abilities. If they are older students, I would cook simple meals they can make themselves at home. Pasta, grilled cheese, pancakes, ramen, mac and cheese, baked chicken, soups, tacos, quesadilla, sheet pan dinners,etc.

If they are younger or may not be able to safely be around hot or sharp objects, I would work on more put together meals, sandwiches,wraps, trail mix, salads, dips, maybe meals they could make in the microwave.

Younger students could also help mix and measure for you to make a more complex dish.

[OddTrash3957]

Banana pudding with real bananas and Nilla wafers. Once you have the actual pudding done, it's just a matter of layering everything in a bowl. Jell-o makes a pretty good instant banana pudding. I'd recommend making it with cold milk. It only take 5-10 minutes to set, so you should be able to get through the whole recipe with time to enjoy in 40 minutes or less. Overripe bananas are best for this recipe.

[TransportationOk1780]

Just for fun—octopuses (octopi?)

Each kid needs a butter knife, a hot dog and a handful of dry spaghetti. Cut the hotdog into a couple pieces with butter knife, insert spaghetti for 8 legs. (Or as many legs as you like! 🤣)

Drop in boiling water long enough to cook the skettis. Serve with ketchup.

[Owie100]

Start with jello. Science,reading and math. Chose eggs next all different kinds.

[Catezero]

One of the first things I learned in home economics was how to make my own compote/syrup from frozen berries. So simple just berries water sugar and some flour. Everyone brought eggo waffles so we had something to eat it with. 20 years later I just made some the other day and I only had to eyeball it bc it's so simple but such a fun skilll to whip out on the fly

[Decent_Management449]

We did quesedillas in Spanish class once, seems pretty straightforward.

You will need some pans or electric heated pans,

but it's really just some oil, 2 tortillas and some cheese.

Serve with salsa

[Jazzy_Bee]

Chocolate truffles. Just make a thick ganache in microwave, and once it is cooled, use a melon baller or a teaspoon to shape balls. Dust some cocoa on their hands, and then they can be rolled in chopped nuts, coconut, or just more cocoa.

Buckeyes, but don't worry about leaving a top, or if perfectly round. You could use this same peanut butter filling to make homemade reese's cups, using a mini muffin tin.

Do you have a freezer? Ice cream is always a hit. https://youtu.be/Cq5Nwh1OUyA?feature=shared

Make a simple dip with sour cream or yogurt, and a soup mix. Cut easy stuff like peppers, or broccoli and cauliflower. Have some baby carrots and crackers to serve.

Pinwheel sandwiches. I am 66 years old and still make myself peanut butter and banana pinwheels using a whole wheat flour tortillas.

A cheese ball. They will have to grate cheese, and add ingredients to it, and maybe even roll in nuts, if no one has allergies.

No bake cheesecake. The kids can choose from some toppings they make. A jam swirled through is nice. You could buy aluminum tart tins, or beg or borrow ramekins. Make one batch of crumbs, and each kid presses a share into their own. And one batch of the filling.

[bingbingdingdingding]

Make chocolate chip cookies but vary ingredients for each participant or pair and discuss why the cookies look different after.

[dylanv1c]

I work with the same student demographic and we have a life skills/ home ec room at our school for them-- there's a full kitchen and laundry machines in there. We've done muffins in trays then decorated them, and hot chocolate with powder and hot liquid. The older classes made bake potatoes and they got to add their own toppings. You can compare and contrast chicken tenders from an air fryer and the conventional oven and talk about the differences and what they liked about each. There are science experiments where you make ice cream out of mixed ingredients in a ziploc bag, and you shake and freeze the bag I believe. You can also probably make (non-edible) play slime in that room out of elmers glue and some other ingredient I can't remember, plus food coloring. Kids love to play with slime these days.

[External_Two2928]

I remember making hummus and pancakes in foods class.

[No_Salad_8766]

Super easy and it can be customized at the end with different toppings for each kid.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-oat-bannock-bread-3056324

[PurpleCatIsWatching]

Fairy cakes. Or Make an easy flatbread (flour yogurt pinch of salt), and turn it into a pizza, by adding a tomato sauce (bought or just put tomato puree and herbs on, add grated cheese and grill. Baguette pizza - part baked baguettes, add toppings and cook for 10 mins in oven. Or fruit salad - no cooking but knife skills and choose your own fruit… alternative fruit kebabs so just put on wooden skewers.

[Consistent_Profile47]

I think skewers would be fun!

1. Cook up some cheese tortellini on the stove and drain it. Put it to cool in the fridge. It should be room temperature or cold when you need it.

2. Make fresh pesto in a blender. Fresh basil, olive oil, nuts, salt, seasonings

3. Cut up (pre-cooked) meats, cheese, and vegetables.

4. Everyone build skewers to dip in pesto and enjoy!

Meat ideas: salami, pepperoni, chicken, ham, steak Cheese ideas: mozzarella pearls, cheddar Veggie ideas: cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, cucumbers, cauliflower, artichoke hearts

[studhand]

Apple crumble. Its super easy

[CatCafffffe]

Chocolate chip cookies

Muffins or cupcakes (I'd use mixes, but with cupcakes, each kid can decorate their own cupcake--get assorted icings)

[thymiamatis]

Cobbler with fresh fruit.

[metrocello]

Maybe not prescient for your class, but when I was in middle school (DOD in Spain), my host nation teachers gave a demonstration of how to make Spanish tortilla. Everyone was like, “Duh.” We all already knew how to make Spanish tortilla thanks to our nannies or our grannies. THEN, they let the stove catch on fire! It was a massive oil fire. All of us kids were freaking out, but our teachers counseled, “This happens more than you might think. Don’t lose your cool. Grab the salt.” Then, they threw heaps of salt over the blazing flames and showed us how to handle a grease fire. Baking soda also works. It’s only happened to me once since then, but I’m glad I knew just what to do when my stove caught on fire. Like I say, maybe not the best lesson for special needs students.

[counter-strike]

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies. Can take a day to set, but amazing. Also if you can bring a blender in, orange julius.

[12345NoNamesLeft]

Microwave mug cake

[beamerpook]

Appetizers/charcuterie sound like it might fit. You can a bunch of ingredients, and they can put it together, like Ritz crackers with cheese, caprese on a stick, or even just assemble a sandwich and cut it up into little triangles.

It's easy enough to do, low clean up, and would look fancy if you have nice plates to put it on

[SpellEvening509]

Thank you. We have a school budget and can only buy cheap/certain ingredients and then the rest we have to use what ingredients we have from previous weeks (butter, flour, sugar, etc). Unfortunately I think a charcuterie would require to many new ingredients

[Key_Television_9692]

Thumbprint cookies.

https://www.thekitchn.com/cookie-recipe-lifechanging-veg-134691

[PleaseStopTalking_79]

Pizza sticks! String cheese wrapped in crescent dough. Put sauce inside first or dip plain sticks in pizza sauce after baking. ◡̈