Cooking instructions

Cooking is fun, but it's important to remember certain rules for hygiene and safety. Here are a few points to remember.

• Always wash your hands well before starting.
• DO NOT try to boil water on your own. Ask a parent or adult to do this for you.
  
• If you need to use the cooker or grill, ask an adult to turn it on for you and assist you if necessary.
  
• Use oven gloves to protect your hands.
  
• Wear an apron to protect your clothes.
  
• Remember to turn the cooker off when you have finished.
  
• You may need help when cutting up sweets or biscuits.
• Be careful when using sharp knives!
• It's a good idea to read the recipe before you start so that you can collect together all the ingredients and utensils that you will need.
• Measure all ingredients very carefully.
• Don't mix metric and imperial measurements.

Sweets or cookies make ideal gifts for your family or friends, so if you are going to give them as a present, put them in a decorated box. You could cover an old sweet box with coloured tissue or crepe paper; or you could paint the box. Put gold, silver or white doilies inside the box and place a piece of greaseproof paper between the layers of sweets.