Family Christian sent us the Bernstain Bears Country Cookbook in exchange for an honest review.

The recipes are easy enough that they need little guidance. There are some very familiar recipes mixed with some that I have never before seen. It was fun to let the kids go through, pick out a few, and then destroy the kitchen. The recipes are very simplistic and clear. I actually sat back and read a book in the dinning room while Katie made the monkey bread 100% on her own.

I loved the detail they take in the book. They gave step by step directions on how to boil the scotch eggs. A skill I had not yet taught my kids, a skill necessary before moving out, one skill out of a million I can now check off.

My one complaint is that there is a lot of waste. For example, the Scotch Egg recipe called for 2 cups of bread crumbs but by the time we were done rolling the sausage wrapped eggs we had maybe used half a cup. The same with the monkeybread, we had an absurd amount of cinnamon sugar left over. My guess is they are being over cautious on the amount of spillage kids will create. You can pre-order a copy of this fun cookbook (will be released April 7, 2026) for your little ones at Family Christian.

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