Learning Intention: To write a set of instructions - including safety and top tips for added impact!
Writing Instructions
‘Cheat Sheet’
Purpose: To write a set of instructions on how to make a biscuit.
Audience: YOU and your peers.
Instructions tell someone HOW to do something. Use these Key Features to help you
set your instructions out properly…
KEY FEATURES
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Begin with a brief explanation of what the instructions are for and why you should
follow them (e.g. follow these instructions to make the most delicious biscuits… you
will have lovely tasting biscuits to share with your friends).
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List all the ingredients and equipment you will need (these can be in separate boxes
if you wish).
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Numbered or bulleted points – sequence each individual step in order. You don’t need
to use connectives such as ‘first, second, finally etc…’
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Use imperative verbs to begin each step. Imperative Verbs are also known as ‘bossy
verbs’- they tell people what to do! e.g. close the door; empty the bin; eat your
dinner!
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Include any safety, hygiene or ‘top tips’ to help the reader.
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Diagrams can often be helpful to help explain or show a difficult step. You may not
need them for making biscuits unless it is to show equipment that may be unfamiliar
or a special way to want to decorate your biscuit. Pictures are a good way to show
the finished product.
place cut
pick
push
add
roll
spread
copy
shut
close
open
pull
wash
move
measure tie
hygiene
measuring scales
adult supervision
margarine
Fresh Baked Animal Biscuits Recipe
Follow these simple steps to make you and your friends the most delicious animal
biscuits you have ever tasted. Have fun decorating the different animal shapes.
YOU WILL NEED:
INGREDIENTS FOR BISCUIT
3/4 of a cup (165 grams) of caster sugar
1 egg yolk
1/3 of a cup (50 grams) of cornflour
250 grams butter that has been softened
2 teaspoons (10ml) of vanilla essence
2 cups (260 grams) of plain flour that has been
sifted
INGREDIENTS FOR DECORATION
Icing and decorations
Hundreds and thousands
Icing
Coloured cachou
Halved glace cherries
Sifted icing sugar
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EQUIPMENT
Baking trays
Beater
Rolling pin
Animal shape cutters
Oven
Wire rack
Non-stick baking paper
SAFETY TIP
‘HOT OVEN’
Ask an adult to help you with the oven as
it can get very hot and be dangerous!
Preparation and cooking instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 180° Centigrade. Line 2 baking trays with some non-stick
baking paper.
2. Using electric or manual beaters, cream butter, sugar and vanilla at a high speed
until light and creamy. Beat in the egg yolk. Then beat in the flour and the
cornflour at a low speed until a smooth dough forms. Gently knead the dough on
a lightly floured surface. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap (cling wrap or glad wrap)
then refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
3. Roll out the biscuit dough using a rolling pin between sheets of non stick baking
paper until 5mm thick. Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes or until firm.
4. Cut out different animal biscuit shapes from the animal biscuit dough using 6-7cm
cookie cutters. Re roll any leftover biscuit dough and repeat this process. Place
the animal biscuits on the baking trays, leaving about 5 centimetres between
each.
TOP TIP – For a lovely
5. Bake the animal shape biscuits for 12 minutes or
chocolate topping, add
chocolate buttons to the
until the biscuits are pale golden. Remove the
biscuits before they go in the
animal biscuits from the oven, cool the biscuits on
oven!
a tray for about 5 minutes.
6. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate the freshly made
animal biscuits with icing or dust with icing sugar.