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Baking recipes to make with kids

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Looking for something to entertain the kids? Why not get baking with them? These are our most fun and easy sweet recipes that the little ones will love making – and eating

March 27, 2020 at 5:31 pm

Peanut butter thumbprint cookies

These peanut butter thumbprint cookies use kids' favourite sandwich filling, peanut butter and jam, in a fun new way. They're best eaten the day they're made.

Creme Egg brownie cake

Chocolate cake + Cadbury's Creme Eggs = HEAVEN. Whip up our chocolate traybake with the little ones for a special treat.

Easter trash tiffin

Use left-over chocolate and Easter eggs to create this indulgent fruit and nut chocolate tiffin – no oven required.

Easter Tiffin Recipe with Chocolate Eggs

Check out these super easy super fun blondies using classic children's biscuit, Jammie Dodgers. These fudgy moreish white chocolate blondies are a great alternative to a traditional chocolate brownie.

White Chocolate Blondie Recipe with Jammie Dodgers

Chocolate chip cookies

Check out our best chocolate chip cookie recipe, soft and chewy in the middle with a perfectly crisp outside. Packed with oozing chocolate, they'll go down a treat with the whole family.

Easter rocky road

This super simple, super fun and super moreish rocky road with chocolate eggs is perfect for an easy Easter baking project.

Frosted lemon fairy cakes

These cute little lemon cupcakes would work equally well for a kids' party or just a sweet afternoon snack. They're simple to make, so the kids can get properly involved.

Easiest ever chocolate fudge cake

This chocolate fudge cake recipe is super easy and quick to make so it is perfect for children to get involved with.

Easter biscuits

Loaded with Maltesers Mini Bunnies, Galaxy Golden Eggs and M&M’s Eggs, these easy biscuits make a fun Easter baking project for the whole family.

A selection of Easter cookies topped with coloured M&M eggs, Maltesers bunnies and golden eggs

Caramel banana blondies

This easy tray bake is packed with white chocolate, banana and rich caramel. Serve at teatime or warm with a scoop of ice-cream for pudding.

Jam tarts

This is a perfect tea-time recipe. Recruit the kids to help you dolloping jam into the delicate pastry cases and use different jams to get a multicoloured plateful.