Youth, Culinary Arts
High School Community Service: Holiday Shortbread
Students will create and package beautiful holiday shortbread to brighten up the holidays for Helpline House clients.
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Tuition Assistance and Other Policies
Meeting Times
- Mon, 12/1/2025 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 12/1/2025
About
High schoolers can bake holiday shortbread squares and pack them into decorative boxes to go to the Helpline House food bank.
Students can choose to use a food processor or learn how to do this by hand. After the cookies come out of the oven, they’re covered with chocolate and crushed peppermint candy. During cooling time, you’ll take a hot cocoa break with a snack. Then you’ll practice precision cutting skills to pack the cookies into boxes per Community Loaves standards. Community Loaves is a non-profit organization that connects volunteer home bakers with food banks to provide fresh, nutritious baked goods throughout Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.
This BARN-led Community Loaves project. Community Loaves recruits home-based volunteers who bake nutritious bread and energy cookies using approved recipes. The organization manages the process through volunteer hubs, provides training, and ensures the baked goods meet health guidelines for safe donation from home kitchens. This system provides food banks with a source of high-quality, baked goods that are often unavailable through other means.
Students can choose to use a food processor or learn how to do this by hand. After the cookies come out of the oven, they’re covered with chocolate and crushed peppermint candy. During cooling time, you’ll take a hot cocoa break with a snack. Then you’ll practice precision cutting skills to pack the cookies into boxes per Community Loaves standards. Community Loaves is a non-profit organization that connects volunteer home bakers with food banks to provide fresh, nutritious baked goods throughout Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.
This BARN-led Community Loaves project. Community Loaves recruits home-based volunteers who bake nutritious bread and energy cookies using approved recipes. The organization manages the process through volunteer hubs, provides training, and ensures the baked goods meet health guidelines for safe donation from home kitchens. This system provides food banks with a source of high-quality, baked goods that are often unavailable through other means.
Details
- You’ll have the option to help deliver the boxes to Helpline House the next day.
- BARN's kitchen facility regularly uses ingredients on the FDA's major allergens list. This class uses milk (butter) and wheat.
Allergies and dietary restrictions
BARN's Kitchen is not allergen-free. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions, each time you register for a Culinary Arts class, please check with the studio by filling out this form to see if your restrictions can be accommodated. We can't guarantee to fulfill your request, but please ask! Because allergies and dietary restrictions change over time, we don't store your allergy/dietary restriction information.
Registering Youth
- New registrants: When you register, select Others Only in the "Who Are You Registering?" section. On the next page, Add New Registrant. Create an account for your youth.
- Next time you register: You will be able to Search Registrants to select your youth.
- You may register your youth for an optional supervised lunch hour from noon-1 pm for the duration of this activity.
- Make sure to fill out your youth's emergency contact information and other details when creating their account.
- Questions? Email registrar@bainbridgebarn.org.
Class Policies
- Only students registered for the class may attend.
- High school students 14 years and older are welcome.
- Closed-toe shoes must be worn in the studio. Tie back long hair.
BARN Policies
- View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy.
- Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Fill out the Accommodation Request Form before any class for which you require an accommodation. Email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org if you have any questions.
- Sensory Statement: Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. BARN is not an allergen-free facility. If you have concerns, please email info@bainbridgebarn.org.
Instructors or Guides
Tina Chang
Tina grew up in the South before migrating to sunny California, but is now enjoying all the bounty that the beautiful PNW has to offer. She is a self-taught baker of all things sweet and has always loved teaching. She is now looking forward to encouraging others to find happiness in baking.
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