10 Fun Recipes for Kids and Adults to Learn to Bake

Young kids can learn valuable lessons about math and science when baking, while older kids and adults can expand their skills by taking on a recipe challenge. Make these fun recipes together and learn something new. Plus you'll get to share the yummy results!

Math and science in the kitchen

Baking with kids can be fun, and it can be educational, too. So much of baking is math - learning about measuring, multiplication, division, fractions. And what about the chemistry of how the ingredients interact to create those yummy treats? Check out these ideas!

Best Challah Bread (Braided Egg Bread)

Even little hands can participate in making challah, a classic braided egg bread. There's ingredient math, working with yeast, and you get to play with your food! A time-tested family favorite, this homemade challah bread is sweet, soft, and chewy. Plus, it's perfect for making yummy french toast! Get the recipe: Best Challah Bread

Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies

These three ingredient shortbread cookies are easy to make, and kids can help press in and poke the dough. And you can dress them up by dipping the cookies in chocolate! Get the recipe: Scottish Shortbread Cookies

Easy Chocolate Truffles

Even little hands can rolls chocolate ganache into balls. These chocolate truffles only need 4 ingredients, and you can flavor them to your liking. Skip the candy shop and make truffles at home! Get the recipe: Easy Chocolate Truffles

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

For older kids, take a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe and switch it up with brown butter to make a Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar. Learning to use the stove and oven responsibly are important, too! Get the recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Learn something new

Adults and teens can learn new techniques to improve their baking skills with these more advanced recipes.

Checkerboard Cake

You might think that just baking a cake would be mundane. What can you learn from that? Well, how about making a Checkerboard Cake! It's as impressive as it is tasty, and really easy to make. Bake a cake to celebrate a holiday, your favorite team, or just that special someone with these cake recipes and complete step-by-step assembly instructions! Get the recipe: Checkerboard Cake

Mini Boston Cream Pie

There's a lot to learn when you make Boston Cream Pie - how to make a moist hot milk & butter cake, creamy vanilla pastry cream, and rich chocolate ganache. You got this! Get the recipe: Mini Boston Cream Pie

Chocolate Cake Truffles (Cake Pops)

Chocolate Cake Truffles (or maybe Chocolate Cake Pops) are fun and better than any you can buy ready-made! They're rich, bite-sized bits of chocolate cake mixed with chocolate buttercream frosting and drenched in pure chocolate. Get the recipe: Chocolate Cake Truffles

Take on a challenge

For those that really want to stretch themselves, try making these projects. These recipes will teach you patience and skill!

Perfect French Macarons

For a real challenge, try making these French Macarons, crispy, chewy meringue shells paired with your choice of sweet fillings. They can be flavored and colored as you like, and are a gluten-free treat. They're persnickety and a bit temperamental, but are you'll feel so accomplished when you're done. Get the recipe: Perfect French Macarons

Italian Macarons

Another gluten-free treat, Italian Macarons (variations of the French Macarons) use an Italian meringue for the shells. The sugar is boiled into a syrup before adding it to the whipped egg whites. As it's slowly added to the bowl, the egg whites cook, giving the resulting meringue a sturdier structure that's less brittle than French meringue. Give these dainty cookies a try! Get the recipe: Italian Macarons

How to Temper Chocolate

Kids (and adults) love to dip stuff in chocolate...strawberries, graham crackers, cookies (dipped shortbread, anyone?), even homemade marshmallows. Give that dipped treat a professional finish with tempered chocolate! Get the instructions: How to Temper Chocolate Like a Pro