bake sale ideas

[meggo]

so, next week i have a group of students doing bake sales all week to raise money for a trip we're taking in the spring. i am in charge of supervising two of the bake sale days, and i'm expected to bring something to sell. thing is, i don't really bake much.

anyone have some tasty baking ideas which are relatively simple and would appeal to teenagers?

[bradm]

My Mom makes a mean date square; I did a bit of digging and found this recipe, which seems similar to what I remember them being. (It's also marked as an "Easy" recipe.)

It's almost a energy bar / fruit-filling bar, so it might appeal to teenagers.

Aloha,

Brad

[bouche]

Here is the easiest and most delicious solution. Go to Hartman's on Bank. Grab a bag of Key Limes. Look at the tag and notice a recipe to make a keylime pie. Buy the ingredients listed and follow the baking instructions when you get home. Key Lime pies rock!

[rubberdinghy]

I was gonna say PB cookies but guess that won't go over well in school.

[meggo]

hmm... yeah i will have to be careful about the nut thing. thank you for the reminder!

[Alexis]

if you're not into baking might i suggest some NO BAKE christmas cookies? my family makes a huge variety of christmas cookies and i know of at least 3 (mint bites, rum balls (you can use non alcoholic rum flavouring) and white chocolate truffles) off the top of my head that were all easy enough for me to make from age 10 on...if you're interested PM me and i'll send you the recipes.

[Alexis]

oh, if you want to make a cake or something super impressive and easy i can get you a recipe for a no bake amaretto cheesecake...but i think that has some juice in it.

[Ms.Huxtable]

Great idea Alexis! There's a lot of no bake desserts out there.

Another easy option is the classic rice crispy square. There's no one that can resist them, right?

Mike's key lime suggestion sounds hard but it's only like three ingredients. Key limes (their zest and juices), condensed milk and a pre-made pie crust IIRC. Fack I love key lime pie.

Good luck Meggo.

[meggo]

thanks everybody!

in the end i went for the old standard [brownies] because it's the only thing i've made before. not surprisingly, i actually screwed up the first batch. rice krispies were my first choice but someone made them the day before.

our bake sale did very well! $170 over four after-schools.

and that, my friends, is meggo's bake sale experience.

[phorbesie]

where are you going on the trip?

[meggo]

we're going in march! doing a habitat for humanity build in guatemala. should be really cool!

[phorbesie]

that's awesome!

my friend's dad is in guatemala right now doing one.

[meggo]

oh neat!

do you know where? we're going to xela/quetzaltenango.

[phorbesie]

no i'm not sure where, sorry!