Today’s recipe comes from my 5-year-old Anna! She loves cooking and is very proud that her recipe is going on the blog this morning. So cute!
Yesterday in the car Anna kept telling me she wanted to make colorful toast. I honestly thought she was just making it up, but this morning I had her explain the process to me and discovered it was something she had done at preschool. Even though I was a little doubtful about how it would come out, I decided to just go with it and let her teach me something new.
The toast came out VERY colorful and it was actually pretty good! The top doesn’t get very crispy, but it still tasted good and kids are NOT going to notice or care as they bite into their favorite-colored toast! I wouldn’t recommend serving this colorful toast at your next brunch party for fancy adults, but it is definitely something fun to do with the kids on a summer morning!
- White bread (it’s more colorful that way!)
- Food coloring
- Milk
- Brush of any kind (pastry brush makes for broad coverage, smaller brushes allow for some design work)
- Mix a bit of food coloring with a bit of milk. Next you brush the milk on the bread “very delicately” (those are Anna’s instructions and she’s right on the money – don’t get too heavy handed with the milk or the bread will get too soggy).
- Toast, butter and eat!
- The top doesn’t get crispy, but the bottom does and there is actually a sweetness that is left behind as the milk evaporates. Very fun!
The final product!
Add milk, a bit of powdered sugar and a swig of vanilla to the leftover colored milk for a nice drink to go with the toast!
Hi! My name is Jane Maynard and you've landed yourself on my blog, This Week for Dinner™. Every Sunday I share a weekly menu...and count on you to share yours! You'll also find other deliciousness that I hope you'll enjoy!
i love that she also coordinated her outfit with the food she was cooking. you should try that jane! she is too, too cute!
you know anna, always concerned with fashion! now that I’m taking recipe advice from her, maybe I should start taking some fashion advice…which involves a lot of pink…maybe not. 😉
I love this post! It’s so cool that Anna remembered one of our cooking projects! She even remembered to use milk. We turned ours into rainbow cinnamon toast. She is too cute.
it just really does my heart good that you and ferneyn are the ones who taught her this!!!!! xoxo
Your photography is so stunning. Really. I mean, who makes pink milk look THAT good?!
hillary, you really are just too sweet. thank you!
Do you use regulr, low-fat milk or evaporated mild or….? My girls will love this and they love pink!
just regular milk – I realize when I used the word “evaporated” that made it confusing. I was just describing what the milk was like after toasting, but you do not use evaporated milk (although I’m sure you probably could). we just used 2%, but whatever milk you have in your fridge will work!