Cooking with kids is wonderfully fun and rewarding whether you bake dessert, whip up a fun snack, or collaborate on dinner. Most young children LOVE to measure and mix, pour and decorate.
Yes, it can be messy sometimes and the finished item may not always look quite as it would if you had cooked it yourself, but you are building memories alongside skills.
And that is always worth it.
Here are more than 50 recipes, tips, and ideas for cooking with kids.
Most of the following posts include recipes, some include links to the recipes we used, and a few are more about cooking with kids than the actual recipe. (And some are just recipes without the cooking-with-kids element.)
Enjoy!
Kids Aprons, Cookbooks & Cooking Kits!
- Cooking kits by Raddish
- A Child’s Apron (a link to our favorite tutorial on Sew Liberated)
Easy Snacks for Kids
Baking Bread with Kids
- Best Ever Soft Pretzels :: Also, try Heart Pretzels for Valentine’s Day!
- Whole Wheat Bread Recipe :: Grandma’s Granary Bread
Cooking Breakfast with Kids
- Pumpkin Waffle Recipe
- The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
- Jack-O-Lantern Pancakes for Halloween
Baking Desserts with Kids
- I Heart Doughnuts (Baked not Fried)
- 4 Kinds of Homemade Doughnuts
- Cinnamon Twists :: A Variation on Our Favorite Doughnuts
- Apple Bundt Cake
- A Rainbow Bundt Cake to Celebrate (or try them as Rainbow Cupcakes!)
- Kids in the Kitchen :: An Anytime Celebration Cake
- Kids in the Kitchen :: Baking up a Mystery Chocolate Dessert
- Peanut Butter Cups in Silicone Molds
- Chocolate-Pretzel Christmas Trees :: A Holiday Treat Kids Can Make
- Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
- Some Christmas Making, Baking, and Experimenting (Rollo-Ritz Sandwich Cookie)
Decorating Desserts with Kids
How about you? What are your favorite recipes to cook or bake with kids?
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