Editors’ Collection

Recipes to Cook With Your Kids

Provided you can stand a little mess, cooking with children can be educational, fun and delicious. Here are some recipes to try together.

Yossy Arefi for The New York Times (Photography and Styling)

Recipes

Frosted Sugar Cookies
Eric Kim
2814 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,814
55 minutes
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Bean and Cheese Burritos
Kay Chun
6217 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,217
40 minutes
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Homemade Pop-Tarts
Margaux Laskey
286 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
286
About 2 hours, plus cooling
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Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
239 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
239
45 minutes
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Easy
Apple-Blueberry Crisp With Panko-Pistachio Topping
Andy Baraghani
229 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
229
1½ hours
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Easy
Chocolate Cherry Magic Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
140 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
140
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Makaron z Truskawkami (Polish Strawberry Pasta)
Vaughn Vreeland, Kasia Pilat
175 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
175
40 minutes
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Easy
Cheesy Breadsticks
Ali Slagle
82 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
82
40 minutes
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Easy
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
605 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
605
5 minutes
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Easy
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
335 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
335
55 minutes
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Easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
478 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
478
25 minutes
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Easy
Stovetop Berry Crisp
Ali Slagle
218 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
218
25 minutes
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Easy
Fairy Bread
Ali Slagle
181 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
181
10 minutes
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Easy
Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ali Slagle
835 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
835
10 minutes
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Easy
Sun Bread
Margaux Laskey, Elisa Kleven
54 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
54
3 hours
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Cranberry Grilled Cheese
Dan Pelosi
375 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
375
10 minutes
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Easy
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Yossy Arefi
864 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
864
About 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2180 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,180
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chile Cheese Toast
Zainab Shah
170 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
170
15 minutes
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Easy
Monte Cristo
Lidey Heuck
462 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
462
20 minutes
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Easy
Mango Labaniyad (Creamy Custard)
Ifrah F. Ahmed
64 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
64
30 minutes, plus 4 hours’ chilling
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Easy
Furikake Snack Mix
Sue Li
253 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
253
1 hour
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Easy
Detroit-Style Pizza
Naz Deravian
808 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
808
4 hours 40 minutes
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Waldorf Salad
Lidey Heuck
515 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
515
25 minutes
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Easy
Stromboli
Lidey Heuck
399 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
399
50 minutes
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Pizza Sauce
Lidey Heuck
222 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
222
30 minutes
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Easy
Oatmeal
Ali Slagle
412 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
412
15 minutes
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Easy
Popcorn Balls
Naz Deravian
88 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
88
45 minutes
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Ham and Cheese Sliders
Lidey Heuck
1689 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,689
35 minutes
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Easy
Porcupine Meatballs
Lidey Heuck
785 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
785
1 hour and 20 minutes
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Baked Oatmeal
Lidey Heuck
1923 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,923
50 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1731 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,731
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Cheesy Bread With Marinara
Yasmin Fahr
433 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
433
25 minutes
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
1113 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,113
30 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ freezing
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Smoked Gouda and Broccoli Flatbreads
Ali Slagle
1017 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,017
15 minutes
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Meskouta (Moroccan Orange Cake)
Nargisse Benkabbou
2061 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,061
1 hour, plus cooling
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Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce
The New York Times, Kim Severson
14529 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,529
1 hour
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One-Pot Broccoli Mac and Cheese
Ali Slagle
3249 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,249
25 minutes
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Easy
No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
21321 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,321
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Sugar Cookie Bars
Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”
6128 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,128
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
Julia Moskin
16629 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
16,629
1 hour 40 minutes
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Applesauce
Samantha Seneviratne
659 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
659
35 minutes
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Microwave-Steamed Eggs
Eric Kim
3435 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,435
10 minutes
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Easy
Classic Hot Chocolate
Melissa Clark
794 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
794
10 minutes
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Easy
5-Minute Hummus
Krysten Chambrot, Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook
3095 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,095
5 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,345
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy No-Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
Margaux Laskey, Allysa Torey
4053 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,053
45 minutes
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Easy
Extra-Creamy Scrambled Eggs
J. Kenji López-Alt
7541 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
7,541
5 minutes
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Easy
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