As part of The Insiders I was sent a great package from Betty Crocker to review. I love baking with my little one but in all honesty I am not that great at it! I am always using the baking kits and sometimes I even get them wrong but they are so much fun.
I just wanted to write a quick post about how great I found the kits - we were sent 1 x Chocolate Chip cookie mix, 1 x Chocolate fudge brownie mix, 1 x Velvety vanilla cake mix and a tub of vanilla icing. We were also sent some recipe cards which I thought were great as it showed me you can do more with those kits than what is shown on the back. I decided just to make the kits as they were - we have so far made the cookies and the brownies and I have to say I am impressed!
The cookies turned out brilliant they were crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside and so simple to make - all you had to do was add some water get the dough together and then separate the mixture and cook. The fun part of course was mixing it together my son loved it, it wasn't too messy either which is a bonus! The pack said you could make 8 cookies, I only managed to make 6 but they were pretty big ones - because they were a little bigger than they were meant to be they took a couple of extra mins in the oven - over all the whole process took about 20 - 25 mins ! The kit that I was sent can be found at tesco for £1.48 here. You couldn't buy many cookies as nice as the ones we made for that, and also its so much fun - plus everything tastes better when you've put a little work into it.
The brownies involved a couple more ingredients (water, oil and an egg) and a little more time in the oven - but they were definitely my favourite! I have never made a brownie before, not in a kit or otherwise and I was actually amazed at how well they turned out. There was a small crunch on the top, they held together and they were soft and gooey in the middle! We loved them and we shared them, and everybody else loved them too! The whole process took around 35mins and it was a little messier than the cookies to make but again the best bit is the mixing - oh and trying to get a 6 year old to crack the egg without getting half the shell in it (we used 3 to get there!). We cut this into 12 decently sized brownies and all the family enjoyed them. You can buy this kit from Tesco for £2.25 here. Again I think this is a reasonable price for it and you probably couldn't buy a pack of 12 Brownies for that price.
I am yet to try out the Vanilla cake or Icing but if the others are anything to go by they will be simple and delicious!
You can buy the cake mix here.
And the icing here.
Betty Crocker have a huge and amazing range of mixes, they also have Gluten free mixes which I think is great - I will definitely be trying these out as some of my family members are coeliac and are on a gluten free diet! Here is a link to their website where you can find loads more mixes and information - Betty Crocker -
Below are some pictures of us baking, the finished products and the recipe ideas I was sent incase you would like to try them out for yourself :).
(Pictures of recipe cards to be added)
Thanks so much for reading, hope you enjoyed!
Sophie Jo x
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