Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Keep children busy with some baking during school holidays; they can help you make these easy recipes – both sweet and savoury – and enjoy the results as a treat. Try our throw-it-all-in rocky road, old-fashioned flapjacks, blueberry muffins and lots more…
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Brownies
Black bean brownies
Beans aren’t just for savoury recipes, as these joyful black bean brownies prove. They're quick and easy to make, and naturally gluten-free.
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Giant recipes
Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie
This giant peanut butter cookie is a speedy sweet sensation that bakes in less that 15 minutes. Make it with milk, white or dark chocolate.
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Teatime traybakes
Tottenham cake
Tottenham cake is a simple vanilla traybake topped with pink icing. Learn how to make this nostalgic bake from London with our easy recipe.
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Cookies
Popcorn cookies
Crisp and light, these easy cornmeal cookies dotted with popcorn are a fun and flavoursome twist on the classic American bake.
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Mini Egg
Mini eggs, chocolate and tahini Rice Krispie treats
Give rice krispie bars a grown-up makeover with nutty tahini, honey and salty pretzels. If you like halva, you'll love these Mini Eggs treats.
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Giant recipes
Exploding Bakery’s giant ‘Hobnob’ bignob biscuit
The Exploding Bakery's 'bignob' is a homage to the beloved Hobnob. Cut the giant oaty biscuit into triangles and dunk into your cuppa.
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Savoury bread
Baked bean tin soda bread
Anna Haugh shares her easy but ingenious recipe for traditional Irish soda bread baked in baked bean tins. Serve spread thickly with butter.
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Rhubarb
Bay, rye and hazelnut loaf cake with poached rhubarb
Kathy Slack's rustic bay and hazelnut loaf cake is as welcome for dessert as it is with a cuppa. Serve with poached rhubarb and crème fraîche.
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Flatbreads
Flatbread dough
Make perfect flatbreads with our go-to dough recipe. The dough puffs up beautifully and can be cooked in either a regular or pizza oven.
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Peanut butter
Air-fryer muffins with peanut butter and blueberries
When it comes to your air fryer, don’t neglect sweet options like these fluffy peanut butter and blueberry muffins. Bake for a lazy brunch.
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Birthday cakes
Panda cake
This happy little panda is, to everyone’s delight, completely edible. Our panda cake is perfect for birthday parties and special celebrations.
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Afternoon tea
Garden cake
Bring the outdoors in with this pretty 'garden' cake. Cover sponges with a generous layer of buttercream, then festoon with edible flowers.
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Christmas baking
Snowman empire biscuits
Snowman empires offer a festive twist on this Scottish biscuit. Ideal for Christmas baking with kids, they pair shortbread with a jam filling.
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Teatime traybakes
Blackberry, brown butter and almond squares
Looking for a simple traybake? These almond and blackberry squares are so easy to make, but the brown butter adds an extra level of fancy.
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Raspberries
Raspberry and sesame cheesecake danishes
These easy pastries are like a cheesecake in danish form, with raspberries, a cream cheese base and sweet-salty sesame caramel.
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