Learn how to bake: Basic recipes to teach kids the art of baking

These sweet and savoury baking recipes are easy, kid-friendly and delicious — perfect for turning the little ones into master bakers while they’re hanging out at home.

Learning how to cook is a skill that can be taught early — and baking sweet or savoury treats is a huge part of that.

Taste has generated heaps of basic and easy-to-follow recipes, for kids or even amateur bakers who want to try something new.

These baking recipes are all easy, kid-friendly and delicious — perfect for turning the little ones into master bakers while they’re hanging out at home.

Mini fairy shortbreads

You’re not an expert baker until you’ve used hundreds and thousands. The children will love decorating these simple yet colourful shortbreads.

Mixed berry muesli bars

Dried cranberries and frozen raspberries give these muesli bars a pop of colour. They’re packed with healthy ingredients and are nut-free, too.

Healthy and delicious muesli bars.

Lemon curd lamingtons

The littlies will love the addition of jelly to these super-easy lamingtons. They’ll learn to beat, fold, dip, set and pipe.

Basic muffins

This one is perfect for larger families, as the batter can be altered depending on what flavour cupcakes each child wants. Add blueberries to give them their fruit fix, make them indulgent with choc chips … or there’s even a variation in the notes that helps you make them savoury.

Angel food cake

It might be better to ditch the petals with this recipe, but your mini-mes will love this vibrant sweet treat. The trick to a perfect angel food cake is fluffy egg whites.

Learn how to bake this angel food cake.

Taste’s baking experts recommend the KitchenAid Queen of Hearts Stand Mixer for this and all baking recipes. Not only does this appliance look gorgeous and make you feel like a pro, it makes baking so much easier (always welcome when kids are around).

Brownie biscuits

All the satisfaction of brownies, without having to wait ages for them to bake. These brownie biscuits are perfect for hungry, impatient little mouths.

Zucchini slice

You’re not a true Aussie until you’ve mastered the art of making a savoury slice. Bonus: this one doubles up as dinner.

This zucchini slice is easy to make.

Rainbow doughnut holes

See their faces light up when you serve these rainbow doughnut holes, fresh from the oven. Decorated with colourful glaze and sprinkles, they’re incredibly easy to make and guaranteed to keep the kids happy.

These doughnut holes are bright and tasty.

Cheesy spinach and tomato pizza scrolls

What kid wouldn’t love eating scrolls that taste like pizza? These ones are freezer-friendly, so make sure you whip up extras for busy school days too.

A savoury twist to baking.

Zucchini and feta muffins

These healthier muffins are full of better-for-you ingredients, such as low fat cheese and wholemeal flour … but the kids will never know.

Chocolate fudge brownies

This recipe is straightforward but teaches lots of techniques: creaming butter and sugar together, mastering the ‘toothpick’ test and spreading ganache smoothly. And at the end of all those lessons: the kids get to indulge in the world’s most gooey sweet treat.

Rainbow swirl slice and bake cookies

Mix, roll, slice, bake. These biscuits are so easy to make and they look pretty fancy too.

For more recipe ideas, go to taste.com.au or check out the Taste Test Kitchen now.

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