* 2 cups plain flour
* 1 cup salt
* 2 tablespoons oil
* 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
* 2 cups of *boiling* water
* 1-2 cups of porridge oats (oatmeal)

* Mix in the dry ingredients
* Add the oil and stir through
* Add the cups of boiling water, one at a time, stirring vigorously between each cup
* When cool enough, tip it onto a surface and knead it until it stops being sticky
* Add the porridge oats, as many as are required to make the desired consistency
* Give your child an extra tub of oats to add during play.

 This recipe is from the Imagination Tree

Goldilocks has invited her little bears

                      to  come and play

              In the art room, just for today

There will be bowls from big to very small

    To fill with porridge for them all.

Touching things, “Oh, so hard.” and “Oh, So soft.”

             The little bears will learn a lot.

        Childhood slips so quickly away

         So Goldilocks knows to cherish these days

                                    ~C Schell

The Ghanaian Goldilocks Book, a Modern West African Tale