I’ve gathered 30+ recipes that are perfect for beginners and so fun to make with kids! They are also excellent easy recipes to have on hand when you want to bake something easy and store leftovers in your freezer for later.
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Simple Ingredients and Substitutions
While I usually say how important it is to use brown sugar in cookies, or butter in cakes, I want to make your life easier.
I curated a list of recipes that will be delicious even if you play around with the ingredients.
You can use granulated sugar if you don’t have brown sugar or powdered sugar (and vice versa). Keep in mind that 1 cup granulated sugar equals 200 grams while 1 cup powdered sugar equals 120 grams, and you want to use the same amount in grams. If you replace brown sugar with granulated sugar, it’s the same amount per cup.
For any of the cake or bread recipes you can use a flavorless oil like canola, avocado, or vegetable oil instead of butter, with the same amount. I don’t recommend it for cookies or snacks though.
If you don’t have a mixer, mix all the ingredients without using a mixer.
Freezing
All the recipes can be frozen for up to 2 months. Wrap them well and freeze. To thaw, place in the fridge overnight or if you’re craving something right now, leave it to thaw at room temperature for 2 hours.
Cakes
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake – the best of both worlds 🙂
5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake – if you want something sweet and you want it now!
Pumpkin Bread – you can play around with the spices, and leave out the sour cream without changing anything else in the recipe.
One-Bowl Banana Bread – for times when you have overripe bananas.
Coconut Cake – the recipe uses coconut milk, and the result is amazing.
French Yogurt Cake – this recipe doesn’t require measuring cups and uses the 4 oz yogurt cup as the measuring device. It’s especially easy and fun to make with kids.
Chocolate Coconut Cake – this recipe uses coconut cream and oil.
Peanut Butter Cake – this cake is good even without the peanut butter crumble.
Gluten Free Chocolate Almond Cake – you can use all-purpose flour instead of almond flour.
Cookies
Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies – this recipe uses more tahini than butter, and it’s been one of my favorite cookies to make lately.
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Butter Cookies – I recommend sticking with powdered sugar because it gives that wonderful melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Muffins
Ultimate Brownie Muffins – rich, dark, and super chocolatey. Perfection.
Pumpkin Muffins – After learning that pumpkin was a superfood, I started putting it in everything. This muffins are the perfect on-the-go breakfast or midday snack.
Ultimate Chocolate Muffins – I usually recommend sticking with buttermilk for moist cupcakes, but if milk is all you have, you can use it instead.
Bars
Easy Jam Bars – I’ve tried so many recipes and this is my favorite one! If you don’t have almond or coconut, you can leave them out.
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Lemon Poppyseed High Protein Granola Bars – This is one of our favorite versions of the versatile granola bar. It requires a few special ingredients, but gives you a lot of inspiration on how to customize bars to your liking.
No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars – quick, easy, simple, and delicious!
Corn Flake Krispies – A twist on classic rice krispy bars, the added cornflakes take this treat to a whole new level of deliciousness.
One-Bowl Fudgy Brownies – a simple and classic recipe for homemade brownies.
Pastry & Snacks
Quick and Easy Puff Pastry Apple Tart
Chocolate Chip + Ricotta Cheese Pastry Squares – with only 5 ingredients, these are simple to make with store-bought puff pastry.
Addictive Nutella Pretzel Snack – thank me later.
4 Ingredient Chocolate Biscoff Butter – bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, white chocolate, cookie butter spread, coconut (optional).
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Energy Bites – peanuts, dates, peanut butter (creamy or natural), coconut oil or butter.
Healthy Chocolate Truffles – just tahini and chocolate!
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge – butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar (can’t be replaced with granulated sugar in this recipe), vanilla extract.
Chocolate Salami – wafers (you can use graham crackers), nuts, chocolate, butter, milk, powdered sugar (optional).
Nutella Stuffed Cinnamon Sugar Muffins – you can use this recipe to make mini muffins or regular size muffins (use more nutella for each muffin if using the regular size).
Breads
If you have extra time to make breads, these recipes are fun to make too!
For all the recipes below you can use canola/vegetable oil instead of butter in the dough (same amount), but not in the filling or topping.
Chocolate Buns – a sweet treat, delicious with a schmear of cream cheese.
Cinnamon Rolls – a classic recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls!
Garlic Knots – the perfect pairing to any meal, especially soups and salads!
Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread – substitute toasted nuts if you or your kids don’t love the sweetness of the raisins.
Dinner Rolls – our go-to recipe for holiday dinners
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