At first glance, I thought this week's Alpha Bakery Recipe was going to be really fun. Then I realized that we would be handling raw chicken - not exactly ideal for a couple of two year-olds!
I decided to have the boys help me whip up the breading mix and then I would handle the actual chicken coating. I think they would have enjoyed this a lot more if they could have gotten their hands dirty rolling those drumsticks around, but I'm just not ready for that kind of disaster quite yet!
This was a very simple recipe (although we did probably triple it) and I was surprised at how crispy it turned out for being baked in the oven. The boys have never had drumsticks before so they weren't quite sure how to tackle eating them. They figured it out pretty quickly though and were very happy with their work. Hopefully, next week's recipe will be a little more toddler friendly!
Delicious Drumsticks*
1/2 cup Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon pepper
6 chicken drumsticks (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted and cooled
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Mix flour, salt, paprika and pepper in a bowl.
3. Dip chicken drumsticks into margarine; roll in flour mixture to coat.
4. Arrange in an ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 inches.
5. Bake uncovered until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut, about 50 minutes.
Makes 6 drumsticks.
*Recipe taken from Gold Medal Alpha Bakery Children's Cookbook. Ordering info can be found on original Little Chefs post (A is for Apple Crisp).
