21 Stay at Home Recipes to Bake with Kids
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The beauty of staying home is finding new ways to have fun with your kids. Here you’ll find easy recipes to bake with kids while we’re all hunkered in.
With the stay-at-home normal of our world, you might find yourself baking more than ever. These recipes are kid-friendly and kid-approved.
Get out the mixing bowls and try some of these super yummy recipes to bake with kids.
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21 Recipes to Bake with Kids
These 21 easy recipes to bake with kids are fun favorites that are incredibly delicious too!
"Whether you’re after a yummy vanilla cake or simply in need of a quick and easy dessert, this vanilla version of the classic cake pan cake won't disappoint. Its moist, fork-tender texture and rich vanilla flavor are sure to make this a favorite for any occasion."
Bring Hostess’s iconic cupcakes home by whipping up some easy look-alike mug cakes!
These Chocolate Chip Cookies are irresistibly chewy, buttery, and chocolaty. Truly a cookie for all time. America's favorite cookie, hands down. A tried and true recipe to memorize.
"Healthy Morning Blueberry Muffins are a favorite grab-and-go breakfasts at our house. They’re incredibly healthy, with just enough sweet to satisfy the teenage son. I bake a couple of batches at a time and keep them in the freezer for breakfasts, sack lunches, or snacks."
"This is one of those home recipes that emulates almost perfectly a store-bought treat: in this case, peanut butter cups."
"Funfetti was our favorite cake, so we used the mix to make cutout cookies. Plain or decorated, they’re a fave at parties."
So good they satisfy even hardy sweet tooths. But these no-bake Peanut Butter Energy Bites are a healthy snack alternative. And one that actually tastes more like a treat.
A perfect blend of fudgy and cakey, these family size brownies are decadently delicious. Measuring an inch tall, they bake in a 9″ x 13″ size pan. Perfect for feeding your crowd.
Easiest smores ever without a campfire. A fun and delicious family, kid friendly favorite!
An all-time favorite, these cookies are perfect after school with a glass of cold milk. These golden-blonde cookies are slightly soft and mildly chewy (rather than crunchy), with satisfying peanut butter taste.
Sweet and incredibly delicious, these blackberry jam bars, or crumble bars, are made even more perfect with an easy oat streusel. Swap in your kids favorite jam; strawberry, grape... A super easy, fun baking project with kids!
This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe is moist and tender and homey and delicious with melty chocolate and fresh bananas with a hint of maple cinnamon.
Make a quicker and easier version of kid favorite -- chocolate chip cookies. This skillet chocolate chip cookie is so yummy warm from the oven. You almost HAVE to add that melty vanilla ice cream.
If you need quick and easy comfort food, this Chocolate Chip Banana Mug Cake will become your new best friend. It is outstandingly delicious. As you might imagine, we've become well acquainted, this mug cake and me.
If you're a morning peanut butter banana fan, you'll love these Peanut Butter Banana Muffins! Make ahead for quick breakfasts or warm from the oven on the weekend.
"Make this cornflake cake for a fabulously easy family dessert that uses simple ingredients. With a pastry case and jam base, it's delicious served with custard."
"Skillet cookie fans and chocolate lovers… beware. Or should I say, peanut butter chocolate fans… beware? There’s a new favorite on the block."
A super easy, kid favorite breakfast or snack! Swap in your favorite jam to make these easiest ever homemade pop tarts with your kids!
Who doesn't love snickerdoodles? This iconic cookie is perfect to bake with kids!
"This recipe calls for raisins and chocolate-covered sunflower seeds — but just about any dried fruit, nut, or seed can be subbed in."
Easy to make, healthy and definitely kid approved!