"With these tips and recipes, the first baking together becomes a hit"

The fragrance of freshly baked cookies arouses all memories of your own childhood. So tasty and so wonderful fresh from mums or grandma's oven! Now it is time to bring the joy of baking closer to your own children.

Quick creativity

Knead the dough, cut out and look full of expectation through the glass door of the oven. The eyes of the little ones will shine. The good thing about baking the cookies is the speed. Everything goes relatively quickly and after the cookies come out of the oven, they are still decorated to their heart's content. A wonderful idea to spend a cloudy afternoon with a lot of fun. Children just love to try them out and of course snacking dough is part of it.

The little ones are happy when delicious cookies are baked

Bake cookies with children - less is more!

When you want to bake cookies with your children for the first time, then you are absolutely easy to recipes. Because here it is not important to conjure up particularly spectacular pastries, but simply to discover the joy of baking. There are sufficient recipes for cookies that don't just taste delicious at Christmas, but also provide enthusiasm all year round.

Since most of the doughs have to rest a little, it is best to manufacture a first dough in advance. You put this in the cooling. When the children are added, they start preparing a second dough together with the offspring. Of course, the little ones are very happy to help.

  

In addition, the offspring learns to measure the ingredients and mix accordingly. Now the new dough can rest a little and the first is used. Of course, something goes wrong. None of this is a problem. It is best to attract your children to a pretty apron. After all, real bakers also wear one. Incidentally, is one Children's apron with name A wonderful gift idea on it!

  

 

Roll out, cut out and off to the oven

To roll out, either use a rolling wood or wrap a bottle with a little aluminum foil. Do not roll the dough too thin. You can use the classic cookie cutters to cut out. For small children, please make sure that you do not cut yourself on the bottom edge of the shapes. These can sometimes be quite sharp.

If you have no shapes on hand, you can alternatively cut out with a knife. Of course, it is best to use a plastic knife for the children.

Children can help out with the dough and cut out diligently

Another method for shaping the cookies: Simply cut the dough into many small pieces, which in turn are turned into small balls by you and the children. Now just press flat and you also have pretty cookies that just have to go into the oven.

Tip: heat the oven accordingly when cutting out, then the first sheet can be pushed into the oven immediately with the small delicacies. In the meantime, it can be removed again. In the meantime, the wonderful fragrance is already spreading in the kitchen.

Simple recipes for baking cookies with children

Of course, we will now give you a few great recipes on the way, which can already be made with very few ingredients. Basically, shortcoming is ideal for quickly conjuring up a few crispy delicacies. A recipe for cookies can always be modified a little. However, make sure that the ratio of the individual ingredients still fits.

Recipe for the 3-ingredients biscuit

For this simple recipe you need the following ingredients:

• 225g flour
• 110g sugar
• 150g butter (in small pieces)

Delicious 3-ingredients cookies

Preparation:

• The ingredients are quickly kneaded together. Either by hand, which of course should have a lot of fun for the children or also like to do the kneading hook. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
• Let the dough rest for 30 minutes or roll out immediately if necessary.
• The mass is enough for about 40 cookies depending on the size. Dust the dough with a little flour so that it is easier to roll out. Now cut out the cookies as you wish.
• Place two sheets with baking paper and place the blanks with a little distance. Now bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
• You can then decorate the crispy delicacies at will.

Tip: Do you still have any remnants of chocolate in the cupboards? Then let them melt in a small bowl under a hot water bath. This makes it wonderful to sweeten the fresh pastries. Colorful sugar pearls or other sweet decorations are also liable on the liquid chocolate.

Recipe Swiss Nusstaler

This cookie recipe is ideal for baking with children. It can start immediately:

The Swiss Nusstaler

Ingredients for a sheet:

• 125g flour
• 50g cornstarch
• 50g powdered sugar
• 65g nuts
• ½ packet vanilla sugar
• 125g margarine (either also but butter)
• some cocoa powder or powdered sugar

Preparation:

• First mix the flour and the cornstarch. Then add icing sugar, vanilla sugar and the nuts. (Shoot the nuts beforehand. It is best to add the margarine with a mortar.) Now knead everything well.
• Spread powdered sugar and cocoa powder evenly on an area and then form the dough into a roll. A thickness of 3-4cm is ideal.
• Now simply cut the roll into small thalers with the knife so that individual cookies can be placed on the sheet. Be sure to use some baking paper again. The oven should have a temperature of 200 degrees. The cookies are ready after only 12 minutes.

Recipe oatmeal cookies

In Sweden, these small delicacies are considered a delicacy and young and old are enthusiastic about this simple pastries in this country. The preparation is incredibly simple and the result is impressive.

Tasty oatmeal biscuits

Ingredients:

• 250g butter
• 500g oatmeal (robust)
• 50g flour
• 15g cornstarch
• 1TL baking powder
• 150g sugar
• 2 eggs
• Wafer

Preparation:

• First, the oatmeal in a pan is roasted without additional fat. Then melt the butter in a different saucepan and add the oatmeal.
• Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl and finally fold in the oatmeal mass.
• Arrange the baking sheet with baking paper and spread the mass evenly with the help of a spoon. Here the little ones can help.
• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and let the thaler bake for a good 15min.

Many beautiful variants for baking cookies with children

Of course there are many more beautiful cookie recipes. Baking with children is not limited to pastries. Even small cakes, such as sand cakes, you can also conjure up with the offspring.

  

As far as the decoration is concerned, you are happy to let your imagination run wild. It is important that everyone tastes good. If you don't like dark chocolate, you are welcome to fall back on light or white chocolate or do without a glaze.

 

In the end, only the joy and baking on the biscuit are important anyway. Cover the coffee table nicely and don't forget that Children's dishes! Because the little young bakers naturally want to snack on their own creations from their children's plates. We wish you good luck and good appetite!