When you’re baking with kids, there’s a bit of a learning curve.
Rather than focus on achieving perfection, the fun of baking with family is in the process.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Molly Bolton
you could’t go wrong with chocolate chip.
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Brown butter lends a rich, nutty flavor that sets these cookies apart.
And it’s easy to customize: Add in butterscotch chips or go without the nuts.
The cream cheese-chocolate icing will satisfy the most discerning chocolate lovers.
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Allow your kids to choose theirfavorite shapes, and use basic colored sprinkles for decorating.
The recipe is quick to prepare and bake.
After the cookies cool, add a dusting of powdered sugar and a bright and merry maraschino cherry.
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Plus, this large-batch recipe produces dozens of cookies.
You’ll have plenty to send home with the grandkids.
And no pie crust is required to satisfy your hankering.
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This riff on the classic snickerdoodle cookie uses canned pumpkin and pumpkin spice mix.
Cathedral Window Cookies
This no-bake recipe requires just five ingredients.
The kids won’t be able to get enough of these treatsbuilt for family fun.
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Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Start with ourEasy Sugar Cookies, a basic recipe unexpectedly flavored with almond extract.
You don’t have to be a professional cookie decorator to whip up a batch of these beauties.
Recruit the kids to roll these cookies in powdered sugar.
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The recipe makes 4 dozen, so you’ll be thankful to have a few elves to help out.
This quick cookie dough solely depends on peanut butter, sugar, and egg for its shape.
All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes you just want the classicnothing added, nothing fancy.
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If chocolate chip cookies are your little one’s favorite, this recipe will be requested often.
Melted butter gives additional richness alongside the bittersweet chocolate chunks scattered throughout the dough.
But we had you at “Brownie Cookie,” right?
Our Test Kitchen recommends using Ghirardelli Premium Baking Bars for a bakery-style look and premium taste.
Whipped egg whites make the cookies airy and crisp on the outside and soft and brownie-like on the inside.
And the kids only have to wait 15 minutes to eat them.
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The nutty flavor a golden-brown butter imparts makes the extra step very much worth it.
Not to mention the cinnamon and sugar scent that wafts from your oventhese cookies will be gobbled down fast.
And there’s plenty of opportunity for getting fancy with icing, too.
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Make the dough ahead of time and let it chill for two to 24 hours.
Two tinted dough pieces are simply layered, rolled into a tube, and refrigerated.
Once well-chilled, all you’ll need to do is slice and bake.
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Your kids will feel like master bakers once they see the results.
Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies
This no-bake recipe evokes fond memories of classroom parties at school.
The sweet, gooey recipe is made from just four ingredients and doesn’t even require refrigeration.
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This Christmas favorite is loaded with the classic flavors of dark molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
Monster Cookies
Let the kids mix in all the candies and oats.
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