Thanksgiving is all about getting together with friends and family to share our bounty, our love and friendship. It's also the perfect time to have fun with math in real world ways. Will you be cooking for your Thanksgiving celebration? Then you will be doing math!
Mathnasium has designed a fun and educational November activity that families can do together. The recipe requires your child to use their math skills to halve or double the receipe before baking. The activity can be done as a fun math exercise, but the real fun lies in baking the recipe together and enjoying the pastries that come out of the oven!
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Elementary Thanksgiving Activity
Ace and Addie invited a couple of their best friends over for Thanksgiving. At the last minute, one of those friends
invited other friends! Now instead of four people, Ace and Addie will be feeding eight people. The more the
merrier, Ace and Addie think, except that their recipe for apple pie bites feeds only four people. Help our hosts
make sure they can feed everyone by doubling the recipe to feed eight people. You can make the apple pie
bites recipe too! Be sure to ask a responsible adult to help you.
Ingredients: Brown Sugar, Butter, Granny Smith Apples, Chopped Pecans, Crescent Rolls, Cinnamon,
Nutmeg, Allspice, Parchment Paper.
Apple Pie Spice Preparation
In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of ground nutmeg, and 1 teaspoon of
allspice. Stir well and put it into a sealed container for later use.
1. Preheat the oven to 375 F.
2. In a small bowl, mix ( + = ) cup of light brown sugar and 1 (___) teaspoon(s) of apple pie spice together.
Set it aside for later use.
3. Remove the core from 1 (___) Granny Smith apple(s) and cut each into 8 equal slices. Altogether, there is a
total of 8 (___) apple slices.
4. In a separate bowl, toss the apple slices into 3 (___) tablespoons of melted butter.
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the crescent roll triangles on the parchment paper.
6. Spread the brown sugar and spice mixture from Step 2 onto the triangles.
7. Sprinkle ( + = ) cup of chopped pecans evenly onto the triangles.
8. Place 1 apple slice at the wide end of the triangle and wrap the dough around it.
9. Brush the remaining butter from the bowl onto each roll. Sprinkle the roll lightly with the apple pie spice.
10. Bake in the oven for 10–12 minutes or until they are golden brown.
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We know you will have a great time with this math-tastic recipes! If the problems prove very challenging for your child, consider that they might benefit from some math tutoring. At Mathnasium, our instructors teach math so that children not only understand it, but master it and love it as well!
We wish you a warm and wonderful Thanksging Holiday!
Mathnasium of West Covina
(626)387-3639
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