Baking with Kids

Break away from the classic chocolate chip cookie and take your time with some of these flavourful alternatives. From velvety crinkle cookies to cupcakes to popsicles, get out of your baking comfort zone and let these recipes guide you and your kids to new flavours and methods that you may have never ventured to before. With the arrival of spring, it’s time to break out the fruity and refreshing recipes that warm weather draws out of us. 

Candy

Experiment with all kinds of juices to create quaint and colourful Gummy Bears. Surprise your kids (and yourself) with this recipe from Edible Northeast Florida by showing them that some of their favourite candies can be made right at home in your kitchen. 

Cookies

These Apple Pie Cookies from Edible Northeast Florida are a creamy cookie sandwich. Everything in this recipe is from scratch, so if you need a project that will take up your afternoon, these are the cookies for you. They’re fully loaded and layered with flavour in every bite. 

Make these Deep Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies with baking staples that you probably have on hand in your pantry already. If you prefer to substitute the red food colouring, beet root powder is the perfect alternative.

Don’t let the sorghum scare you away from these Tennessee Sorghum Cookies, as it can easily be replaced with molasses. This is a quick, throw-together recipe for when the cookie cravings hit and you have to act fast. They’re best fresh and warm out of the oven. 

This Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe puts a twist on the regular cookie. If you like a thin, but still gooey chocolate chip cookie, this recipe is for you. They do require a bit more TLC: when the cookies start to puff up in the oven, you have to bang the pan down on the rack or the top of your stove to flatten them out. Do this twice and you’ll have a new favourite chocolate chip cookie, thanks to Edible Nashville. 

Cupcakes

Strawberry season is around the corner and this Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake recipe is the perfect one to have on hand when they arrive. They’re filled with a strawberry gelée made from scratch and topped with rich strawberry mascarpone frosting. Use your favourite vanilla cupcake recipe and fancy them up with this recipe from Edible Sarasota. 

These Beet and Lemon Cupcakes will be tough to turn down. The beets and plant milk make up the bulk of the cupcake while the lemon icing topped with a strip of lemon zest adds a lovely zip. 

These Caramel Apple Cupcakes from Edible Nashville are a fruity and festive treat year-round. Chopped apples are folded right into the batter and soften in the oven infusing the cupcakes with apple juice. They’re topped with a decadent cream cheese frosting and a drizzle of homemade caramel. 

Popsicles

This quick and easy recipe will bring about a very natural tasting Honey Blueberry Popsicle. Honey and yogurt make a creamy layer, while the blueberries and lemons give a fruity and refreshing burst in another layer. 

It’s easy to go simple with popsicles, but it’s almost as easy to go the extra step and make them a little more fun. These Blueberry Mint Paletas (paletas is what popsicles are called in Mexico) are creamy and refreshing. The blueberries and mint are blended into the mixture and frozen for 12 hours to let the flavours really get together for a wonderful popsicle experience. 

Ice Cream

If you’ve been waiting all winter for the sun to come out so you could break out your ice cream maker and sit outside in the warm air while you kick those cravings, now is your time. This vegan Avocado Coconut Lime Ice Cream recipe from Edible South Florida will give you a flavour you can’t find in stores. It’s as easy and blending all the ingredients and making it as sweet as you prefer with agave nectar. And of course waiting for it to freeze. 

Another sweet meets savoury recipe, this Basil Ice Cream from Edible Rhody can be served solo, or sprinkled with black pepper. It will require a couple days to let the basil flavour fully infuse, so keep trying it as the hours go on to really taste the effect that time has on this recipe.