8 Easy Recipes to Bake with Kids

Jodie Lee
Food for Thought
Published in
3 min readApr 24, 2020

Have some fun in the kitchen as a family with these easy bakes! Teaching your kids some baking know-how will also help them learn math, science, and a whole lot of patience along the way.

1. 4-Ingredient Almond Cookies

This easy-to-make almond cookie recipe also happens to be paleo, vegan, and gluten-free! No chilling, no rolling, but the kids will still have lots of fun.

The World’s Easiest Cookies

2. Banana Bread

Got any mushy, brown bananas sitting around? Don’t let them go to waste! From mashing to mixing, your kids can help make this warm, delicious banana bread. Throw in a handful of chocolate chips or nuts, too!

The Best Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

3. Whole Wheat Pancakes

This mama of three shares an easy, homemade pancake recipe with footage of her own boys in the kitchen. Yummy, healthy, and fun!

Kids in the Kitchen: Pancakes

4. Low-Sugar Blueberry Muffins

Make use of the fresh or frozen blueberries you have to make these delicious, fluffy muffins with this recipe from a fellow mom.

Kids’ Kitchen: Blueberry Muffins

5. Tangy Lemon Bars

It’s easy peasy lemon squeezy making these 5-ingredient lemon squares. A shortbread crust + a creamy lemon filling makes for the perfect 2-man — or kid — job!

5-Ingredient Lemon Bars

6. Honey Bread

Making this simple, delicious loaf will let the kids hone their sensory + fine motor skills as they measure, scoop, + knead.

Easy Bread Recipe

7. Buttery, Soft Pretzels

Ditch the store-bought pretzels + have some fun in the kitchen kneading + twisting dough to make these soft, chewy pretzels with the little ones.

Hot, Buttered Soft Pretzels

8. Golden Pita Bread

Nothing beats fresh, puffy pita bread hot from the oven. This recipe will work better with older kids, but the whole family will surely enjoy eating the finished bake!

Golden Pita Bread

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