Mango Kids! Are they ready yet?
Just one more minute, and then my aunties' delicious chocolate chip cookies will be ready!
Meep! Meep! Ooh, they're ready!
They're ready! Everyone, come have a cookie!
My tummy's ready for a cookie treat!
Mmm. They smell so yummy.
Lingokid's listeners, remember, never use an oven without a grown up.
I'm going to take these cookies out of the oven.
Hooray! Once these cookies cool down, we can all taste my Aunties delicious.
Oh. Chocolate chip goop?
My auntie's delicious chocolate chip cookies aren't cookies at all.
They're just a big gloopy mess.
Oh no. Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingokids, where we discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the fun of play learning.
In today's episode, Elliot is excited to bake cookies for his friends.
but his first try isn't going how he thought it would.
Stay tuned because at the end of the episode, we'll tell you where to find Elliot's cookie recipe so you can try it, too, and maybe even share with a friend.
Let's see how he's doing.
Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no!
We can't eat this big, gloopy mess.
Oh, Elliot, we understand.
It's very disappointing to get a gloopy mess instead of Auntie's famous chocolate chip cookies.
I was just really looking forward to eating my Auntie's chocolate chip cookies with all my friends.
I wonder what went wrong.
Did you follow the recipe step by step?
A recipe? Yes. A recipe is a list of directions that you follow to make something.
It's got a lot of fun math in it.
Is this the recipe?
Oh, this? Yeah, this is what my auntie uses when she makes her delicious cookies.
I just didn't look at it.
Instead, I just put all the ingredients I remembered into a bowl and mix them up.
Right, Billy. When you're baking, it's important to follow the recipe.
Using math and recipes makes sure that we get the tasty food that we set out to make.
Hey, let's try again to make my aunties delicious cookies.
But this time, we'll use the recipe.
It's worth a try. And my rumbly tubby thinks so, too.
So what do you say?
Let's get to work. Lingokids listeners, who would you bake cookies with?
Maybe you can tell a friend about this story and bake together.
We're all washed up.
Now it's recipe time!
Let's make your aunties delicious chocolate chip cookies.
Yay! This recipe says that we'll need two measuring tools that everyone can find in their kitchens, a measuring cup and a teaspoon.
Got them! OK. Now the recipe says that we'll need a half cup of butter.
Two sticks of butter is one cup of butter.
Lingokids listeners, how many sticks of butter do you think we need for half a cup?
One? Yes, one stick of butter is half a cup of butter.
Hurray. Let's put it in a big mixing bowl.
Now, we need a half cup of brown sugar.
This measuring cup says one cup on it.
How full should you fill it to make half a cup?
Oh, I know! Halfway!
That's right! Half of one cup is a half cup.
I'll scoop in the brown sugar now!
And now put it in the pot!
Now we need to add a half teaspoon of baking soda.
Do you have a teaspoon, Elliot?
Got it. And I've got the baking soda.
Great. Now, use that spoon to get a half teaspoon of baking soda, and level any extra off, because you don't want more than half a teaspoon either.
I'll make it nice and level, and Put it in the bowl!
We need 1 cup of flour.
We can use the same measuring cup that we used to measure the brown sugar, but we can fill it up all the way to make one cup and make it level.
You're getting the hang of this.
Make the flour level and put it in the bowl.
Now for the finishing touch, the chocolate chips.
My auntie's recipe says that you can add as much as you'd like.
I'll sprinkle some in.
And Billy, you can tell me when to stop.
Thank you. Oh and look a few spilt.
I guess I'll have to eat those.
Billy says that he wants to stir up the cookie dough.
That's a great idea!
You can do it, Billy!
Great job, Billy! I'll preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 175 degrees Celsius.
Lingokid's listeners always remember that ovens are meant for grown ups to use.
They're hot, so you always want a grown up around.
Now we just gotta make all of this dough into bowls.
This recipe is supposed to make 12 cookies, which means we'll need 12 balls on our baking sheet.
Lingokids listeners, can you help Elliot count the balls of dough on the baking sheet?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, Ten, eleven, and twelve!
Another word for a group of twelve is a dozen.
And these dozen balls of dough look delicious.
I'll put these in the oven for about nine to twelve minutes.
Just a few more seconds.
Mmm, they smell so yummy!
Oooh, that's them! They're ready!
They're ready! I'll take the cookies out.
Stand back everyone.
Hey! Wait a minute!
What?! These look just like my Auntie's delicious chocolate chip cookies.
And look! The balls of dough look like circle cookies now.
That's right. While they baked, the sphere shape flattened into a circle cookie shape.
Awesome! I think it's time to eat.
Yeah! And my tummy thinks so, too.
It's cookie time! Yay!
Well, Lingokids listeners, today Elliot learned that making cookies is not just fun, but takes math skills and following a recipe.
Did you like this story?
share it with a friend or grownup, and bake the cookies together.
You can find the recipe in the episode notes.
See you next time for more play learning fun.
