Easy Recipes to Make With Your Kids (2024)

Morning pleasures this alluring make it easy for kids to throw back the bedcovers and race to the breakfast table, especially when they get to pitch in.

Recipe: Homemade Bagels

Let your kids make their own lunch with these jam-packed stacked sandwiches. One combines turkey and cranberry compote, while the other layers chicken salad, lettuce, and bacon.

Recipes:
Clubhouse Sandwich

Skip delivery and get the whole family cooking together with this simple cheese pizza recipe.

Recipe: Easy Cheese Pizza

After you've rolled out the dough, have your kids cut out as many crackers as possible using a 2-inch fish-shaped cutter.

Recipe: Cheddar Goldfish Crackers with Peanut Butter Spread

A combination of cheeses gives this recipe an especially creamy texture and mellow flavor. Corkscrew-shaped rotini lets the dish soak up extra cheese for a crunchy baked topping. Your little ones can help scoop it into small dishes to bake.

Recipe: Baked Macaroni with Three Cheeses

We've cut the fat from this irresistibe meal by baking the pieces in the oven instead of deep frying, making it an even easier recipe for your kids to help make.

Recipe: Crispy Oven Chicken Fingers

The ultimate comfort cookie, these easy oven-baked treats make an irresistible afternoon snack or after-dinner treat to whip up with the whole family. Served with a glass of cold milk, they'll quickly go from scrumptious to sublime.

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Talk about kid-friendly! This easy-to-make version of the bonfire dessert involves dipping skewered marshmallows in melted bittersweet chocolate and crushed graham crackers.

Indulge in some sweetness with your kiddos with this cookie recipe. To make these easy treats, just use melted chocolate chips. Reheat in the microwave as needed to maintain a smooth consistency, then let kids dip the cookies in a small dish that's filled half the height of the cookie's diameter. Dip, drip off excess, and let set on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Recipe: Sugar Cookie Dough

Encourage your kids to use their imagination when icing these fun-shaped cookies. As a final touch, ice them to their red-licorice strings.

Recipe: Circus Sugar Cookies