Baking Hour Favourites

Gumdrop Cupcakes

Goody gumdrops! Make these colourful cupcakes together with your kids and enjoy every delicious and beautiful bite.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 12 cupcakes

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Strawberry Lemon Slices

Get your kids to help make all three layers of this tasty citrus treat. With strawberry jam and lemon zest, it tastes as ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 48 minutes

Makes: 36 slices

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Flower Blossom Cookies

What smells better than flowers? Freshly baked flower cookies! Get your kids to help decorate a whole yummy bouquet.

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: 50 cookies

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All in One Bowl Double Chocolate Chip Cake

Not only is this recipe bursting with chocolate, it couldn’t be easier to make together. Your kids will love every ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 35 minutes

Makes: 16 servings

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Maple Butter Crêpes

Your kids will love helping to make this delicious combination of delicate crêpes and ooey gooey maple vanilla sau ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes + 30 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time:

Makes: 8 crêpes

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Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Nutty on the inside and creamy on the outside, making this rich and moist cake with your kids is a great way to spend a ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 75 minutes

Makes: 1 cake

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Baby Bird Cupcakes

These yummy coconut-covered cupcakes are almost too cute to eat! Make them together with your kids before they leave the ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes (mini size 15 minutes)

Makes: 4 baby birds (4 large cupcakes and 4 mini cupcakes)

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Chocolate Honey Crunchies

With sweet honey and chocolate chips, your kids won’t be able to get enough of these great tasting crunchies. Make ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 9 minutes

Makes: about 72 cookies

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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

Looking for the perfect activity for a cold afternoon? Get your kids and make these mouth-watering cupcakes that combine ...

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 18 cupcakes

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Hopping Chocolate Bunnies

Your kids will be hopping with joy when they try these tasty and adorable springtime treats. They’ll especially lo ...

Prep Time: 45 minutes + 60 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: about 50 cookies

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Strawberry Toasties

Your kids will love helping to bake these yummy toasties while you wait for the weather to warm up. They’re filled ...

Prep Time: 25 minutes + 30 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 12 toasties

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St. Patty Cakes

You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy these great-tasting mini vanilla cupcakes, but you sure will feel lucky! Make ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 48 mini cupcakes

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Caterpillar Cupcake

Get the whole family to help make these crawly cupcakes. Decorate them together with your favourite candies.

Prep Time: 15minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes, (mini size 15 minutes)

Makes: 6 cupcakes or 20 mini cupcakes

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Aquarium Cookies

These creative cookies are sure to make a splash. Get your kids to make a special underwater scene that doubles as a sna ...

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Baking Time: 16 minutes for aquarium /10 minutes for fish

Makes: 2 aquariums + 12 fish approx.

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S’more Cookies

It might be too cold for camping, but these tasty treats will have your kids feeling like they’re right by the fir ...

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 25 cookies

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Hot Chocolate Brownies

Get your kids and make these scrumptious brownies together. Just like a steaming cup of hot chocolate, they aren’t ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 24 brownies

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Chocolate Surprise Cookie

Your kids won’t be able to get enough of this cookie’s secret ingredient – a melted chocolate in the m ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 18 minutes

Makes: 24 cookies

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Valentine Sugar Cookies

Valentine’s Day is a time for love and a time for sweet treats! Give these heartfelt goodies to your special someo ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes + 2 hours refrigeration
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: about 20 (3")(7 cm) cookies

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Good Morning Apricot Muffins

Your kids will love waking up to these mouth-watering muffins as much as they loved helping to make them. With a sweet h ...

Prep Time: 18 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: 12 large muffins

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Apple Cinnamon Loonie Pancakes

With delicious apple and cinnamon, you can bank on these great-tasting mini pancakes being a favourite with your kids at ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time:

Makes: 36 mini pancakes

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Jam Swirl Muffins

Try making these tasty muffins filled with a yummy jam surprise. They’re sure to get your kids rising with a littl ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 10 muffins

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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

It doesn’t get any more classic than freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Get together with your kids and try thi ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 13 minutes

Makes: about 3 dozen

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Peanut Butter Oat Squares

Chocolate, peanut butter and oats make for a great-tasting combination! Bake these with your kids and keep some in the f ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: about 48 squares

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Chocolatey Chocolate Chip Cookies

What will your kids love more than chocolate? Triple chocolate! Try these mouth-watering cookies that are bursting with ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: about 48 cookies

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Filled Baked Doughnuts

Your kids will love these delightful desserts. With delicious berry filling, this home-baked treat is sure to be a new f ...

Prep Time: 45 minutes + 90 minutes rising
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 36 doughnuts

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Monkey Pizza Bread

This savoury snack is a tasty twist on pizza your kids will want to make over and over again. Grabbing a bite is more fu ...

Prep Time: 30 minutes + 60 minutes rising
Baking Time: 50 minutes

Makes: 12 servings

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Cookie Dough Truffles

It’s time to get rolling! Your kids will love helping to make these fun and festive chocolate-dipped treats.

Prep Time: 45 minutes + 60 minutes freezing
Baking Time:

Makes: 60 truffles

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Sticky Bun Cake

This irresistible cake is sure to stick around as one of your favourites. You and your kids will love the delicious cinn ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 45 minutes

Makes: 16 servings

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Shortbread Buttons

Topped with a chocolate candy wafer, your kids will love helping to make these shortbread treats. Not only are they deli ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: 45 cookies

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Red Velvet Cupcake Cones

What do you get when you mix ice cream cones with cupcakes? Gather your kids and make these unique treats with a taste t ...

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 22-24 cones

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Cranberry Scones

The holidays are just around the corner, so it’s time to get out the cranberries. Make these sweet and festive scones to ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 12 scones

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Spiral Cookies

Your kids will love to layer, roll, and of course, eat these sweet little cookies. They combine yummy chocolate and vani ...

Prep Time: 30 minutes + 30 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time: 16 minutes

Makes: 45 cookies

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Eyeball Cookies

Have the kids help you make these fun eyeball cookies for Halloween. Everyone will love them!

Prep Time: 30 minutes plus 1 hour chilling time
Baking Time: 16 minutes

Makes: about 30 eyeball cookies

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Zebra Cake

Let your kids earn their stripes in the kitchen. They’ll have lots of fun making this delicious and creative cake togeth ...

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 40 minutes

Makes: 10 servings

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Halloween Cookies

As spooky as they look, there’s nothing scary about making these yummy cookies. They’re easy to make, and your kids will ...

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: about 60 cookies

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Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Chocolate AND applesauce? Yes, you read it right. And you won’t believe how delicious this taste combo is. Applesauce is ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 45 minutes

Makes: 12 servings

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Spiced Oat Cookies

The whole family will love helping to make these irresistible oat cookies. With cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, you might ne ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: about 8 dozen cookies

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Baked Apples

With tasty apples and the goodness of oats, this dessert is delicious. Try making them with fresh apples that you’ve pic ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 1 hour

Makes: 4 servings

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Cinnamon Spirals

These sweet and spicy treats are surprisingly easy to make. Your kids will love to help, and they’ll be proud to share w ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes plus 1 ½ hours chilling
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 56-112 slices

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

These bite-sized treats taste great and are a breeze for you and your kids to make. Who knew chocolate and peanut butter ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 14 minutes

Makes: 24

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Pack & Go Granola Bars

Bake these delicious treats with your kids on the weekend. You’ll get a week's worth of bars that are perfect for lunch ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: about 21 bars

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Cheesy Apple Pie

A new twist to a classic favourite. This incredible apple pie has cheddar baked right into the pastry. Your family will ...

Prep Time: 40 minutes
Baking Time: 1 hour

Makes: 1 pie

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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Marble Brownies

These marbled goodies look almost as good as they taste. Your family will love the rich combination of chocolate and pea ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 35 minutes

Makes: about 36 squares

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Checkerboard Cookies

Your kids will love to layer, roll, and of course, eat these sweet little cookies

Prep Time: 30 minutes + 30 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time: 16 minutes

Makes: 45 cookies

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Crumbly Mumbly Muffins

You won’t be able to get enough of these yummy muffins with a crunchy crumble topping. Make extras and keep them in your ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 18 muffins

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Carrot Cake Sandwiches

Your kids will love sandwiching together these irresistible carrot cake treats with a smooth cream cheese filling. Veggi ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 11 sandwich cookies

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Raspberry Oat Muffins

Bake these magnificent fresh raspberry muffins with your kids and give them a summertime taste they’ll always remember.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 22 minutes

Makes: 1 dozen muffins

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Chocolate Fudge Brownies

These decadent desserts are sure to put a smile on your kids’ faces. Try them with a scoop of their favourite ice cream.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 24 brownies

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Sparkly Cake Pops

Serve these moist and delicious bite-sized pops that your kids can help decorate. Cake has never been this much fun!

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 28 cake pops

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Ooey Gooey Date Squares

Set a date to bake these delicious squares with your kids. They’ll love the sweet taste and ooey gooey filling.

Prep Time: 15 minutes, plus 25 minutes for cooking and cooling of dates
Baking Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 25 squares

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Berry Oven Pancake

While these easy oven-baked pancakes are baking, you and your kids can prepare the yummy berry filling!

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: 8 servings

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Chocolate Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate. Cookies. Ice Cream. This recipe has all of the delicious things kids love, in one dessert.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 30 cookies

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Flower Blossom Cookies

What smells better than flowers? Freshly baked flower cookies! Get your kids to help decorate a whole yummy bouquet.

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: 50 cookies

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Doughnut Muffins

Discover the joy of baking together with these yummy muffins that taste more like doughnuts. Your family will love every ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 35 minutes

Makes: 12 muffins

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Sugary Citrus Twists

A cookie with a real twist! Your kids can help with these cookies by rolling out and twisting the dough.

Prep Time: 40 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 48 twists

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Milk Chocolate Fudge Crackles

Turn on the oven light and let your kids watch the icing sugar coating magically crackle before their eyes!

Prep Time: 15 minutes + refrigeration
Baking Time: 13 minutes per sheet

Makes: 48 crackles

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Magic Chocolate Toffee Bars

Just in time for the long weekend! These chocolaty bars can be made ahead and easily packed for a family trip.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 42 minutes

Makes: about 24 bars

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Maple Butter Crêpes

Your kids will love helping to make this delicious combination of delicate crêpes and ooey gooey maple vanilla sau ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes + 30 minutes refrigeration
Baking Time:

Makes: 8 crêpes

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Banana Crunch Bread

With the addition of white chocolate chips and coconut, this bread is an exciting kid-friendly take on the classic.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 75 minutes

Makes: 16 slices

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Dulce De Leche Bars

These goodies combine sweet chocolate and toffee. Once cooled, everyone can enjoy eating these decadent bars together. T ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes + refrigeration

Makes: 36 bars

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Bite size brownies

Good things really do come in small packages! Perfectly bite sized, these brownies are sure to be a hit with everyone wh ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 18 bite-sized brownies

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Strawberry Lemon Slices

Get your kids to help make all three layers of this tasty citrus treat. With strawberry jam and lemon zest, it tastes as ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 48 minutes

Makes: 36 slices

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Easter Egg Cake

Let imaginations run wild! Encourage your kids to design their own Easter Egg pattern for the top of this cake. Then, de ...

Prep Time: 40 minutes
Baking Time: 40 minutes

Makes: 12-15 servings

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Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

Everyone will adore these fantastic frozen treats. Have your kids choose their favourite ice cream for the filling. Don’ ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 30 cookies

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Neapolitan Cake

Get ready for fun with this cake! Made with three different colours, each slice has a new exciting design.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 50-55 minutes

Makes: 16 slices

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Thumbprint Cookies

Topped with sweet jam, this classic cookie is a great beginner recipe. You can also try switching it up with different j ...

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: About 50 cookies

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Cinnamon "S" Cookies

These ‘S’ shaped cookies are simple and scrumptious! Get your kids and their friends involved by having them roll out th ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 12 -15 minutes

Makes: about 4 dozen cookies

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Create a Critter

Everyone can get creative with these fun cookies! From cuddly kittens to slithering snakes, have your kids help create t ...

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: about 3 dozen animal cookies

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Chocolate Surprises

There’s a delicious chocolate and caramel surprise in every one of these delightful cupcakes.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: 24 chocolates

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Braided Chocolate Bread

It’s a great time to bake with family! Kids will love the addition of yummy chocolate chips to this classic bread.

Prep Time: 20 minutes + 1 hour rising time
Baking Time: 35 minutes

Makes: 1 large braided loaf

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Chocolate Decadence

With three kinds of chocolate, these cookies are the perfect Valentine's Day treat! Share the love and send them to scho ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 10 minutes

Makes: 36 cookies

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All in One Bowl Double Chocolate Chip Cake

Not only is this recipe bursting with chocolate, it couldn’t be easier to make together. Your kids will love every ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 35 minutes

Makes: 16 servings

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Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies

With a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg, these yummy cookies are perfect for the lunchbox.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes

Makes: about 4 dozen cookies

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Dark Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread

Try this tasty bread with delicious dark chocolate chunks. It's a great way to introduce your kids to baking with fruit!

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 50 minutes

Makes: 16 slices

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Overnight Oatmeal Pancakes

Say goodbye to your usual breakfast routine and give these pancakes that are loaded with oats a try!

Prep Time: 10 minutes + overnight chilling time
Baking Time:

Makes: about 18 pancakes

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Crunch Cookies

Start the New Year off with these great tasting cookies. Your kids will love the sweet taste of honey and brown sugar.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 5 dozen

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Cream puffs

Start the New Year off with these great tasting cookies. Your kids will love the sweet taste of honey and brown sugar.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 35-40 minutes

Makes: 40 puffs

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Shortbread Meltaway Cookies

Soon after your children finish dusting these delectable bite-sized shortbreads with icing sugar, you’ll discover ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 48 cookies

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Ginger Puzzle Piece Cookies

A fun new twist on an old classic.

Prep Time: 30 minutes plus 1 hour chilling
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: 4 puzzles

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Chocolate Toffee Bites

The whole family will love these scrumptious bars that combine rich toffee and chocolate. You can cut them into squares ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Makes: 36 squares

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Chocolate Blizzard Cookies

This cookie brings together rich dark and white chocolate with vanilla. It's even better when everybody gets a chance to ...

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 12 minutes per batch

Makes: 42 cookies

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Make Ahead Sticky Buns

Weekends were invented for these! Make this coming Saturday your Robin Hood Baking Hour day. Enjoy these sweet rewards a ...

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 12 buns

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Chocolate Oatmeal Funny Face Cookies

This perennial cookie makes an ideal canvas for creative youngsters who love to express themselves. It's homemade art th ...

Prep Time: All Day
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: About 25 cookies

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Banana Oat Muffins

It's the perfect recipe for beginner bakers. They'll especially love the feeling of accomplishment when they're sharing ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 12 muffins

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Easy S’Mores Pull Aparts

This campfire favourite brings the great outdoors into your kitchen. Fun to bake and eat, these are perfect for when you ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 12 servings

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Ogre’s Toes and Witch’s Fingers

Trick or treat? Have it both ways with these spooky and delicious Hallowe’en goodies!

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes

Makes: about 40 cookies

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Mini Vanilla Cupcakes

These delicious little treats are fun to customize. Use sprinkles, coloured icing, and other decorations to make a speci ...

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 24 cupcakes

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Jammy Scones

These delicious little scones are a perfect project for small hands. Why not make a batch and plan a tea party?

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Baking Time: 16 minutes

Makes: 12 scones

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Rustic Apple Pie

Apple pie is always a classic, but this one is even more hands-on and fun. This free-form pie, or "galette" is made with ...

Prep Time: 20 minutes, plus 15 minutes chilling dough
Baking Time: 65 minutes

Makes: 10-12 servings

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Candy Animal Cookies

These treats are a great way to teach your kids about animals!

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Baking Time: 10-12 minutes (depending on size)

Makes: 12 cookies (approx.)

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Chocolate Chip Black Bottom Cheesecake

A fantastic and fun way to learn about weight and measurement while reading and following instructions.

Prep Time: 15 minutes plus 4 hours chilling time
Baking Time: 60 minutes

Makes: 16 servings

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