Culinary students bake whole-wheat rolls through King Arthur Flour grant, donate half to Hope Southern Indiana

Speaker 1, a school staff member, said culinary students at New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch used materials from a King Arthur Flour grant to bake whole-wheat rolls and will donate half of the finished product to Hope Southern Indiana.

The staff member said the King Arthur Flour program supplied flour, yeast and a small cookbook pamphlet and asks participating classrooms to make the product and share half of it. "They provide the flour, the yeast, they give the kids a little cookbook pamphlet, and then they ask that we make the product and then share half of the product," the staff member said.

According to the staff member, students prepared the dough on one day and refrigerated it overnight before shaping and baking it the next day. "We're making whole wheat rolls and we're knotting them. The students are having the opportunity to make the dough on 1 day, sits in refrigerator overnight and proofs," the staff member said. The staff member added that part of the baked goods were taken to Hope Southern Indiana that afternoon.

Speaker 2, a student who participated in the class, described personal motivation for joining the program and what they gained from it. "My goal, like, coming in was I wanted to learn more about cooking because I love baking and I've done that at home, but I wanted to come in and just learn how to make some things from scratch," the student said. The student added that baking is a stress reliever and a way to learn new skills.

The staff member framed the activity as both an educational opportunity and a community service: "It's a great opportunity, for them to learn in that way and to feel good about what they're doing in the kitchen. They're not just sharing it with their buddies in the hallway. They're knowing it's going to help some other people." Details such as the monetary value of the grant, its duration, and how many classrooms or students are participating were not specified.