Recipe: Animal Mud Bath

Feb 16 2008 by Connor Armstrong, Liverpool Daily Post

THIS is a no-cook recipe that very young children can enjoy to make with a little help from an adult and should appeal to their artistic sides.

Ingredients

4 slices thick bread (white or wholemeal)

½ small jar Nutella

12 mini pretzels

12 chocolate animal biscuits

Method

1. Place the bread slices on large plate to form a four-square grid in the middle.

2. Cut each slice's edge to form a large circle. Trim with a knife to fit the plate.

3. Spread Nutella generously to form a 6in-7in circle on the bread. Press pretzels into the outer edge of the circle to create a fence.

4. Stand the animal biscuit upright inside the fence and enjoy.

Serving idea: For a splash of colour, sprinkle 1 tbsp multi-colored hundreds and thousands over mud bath.

* CONOR ARMSTRONG is head chef at OSQA restaurant and deli, on Liverpool’s Oldham Square