These are the brownies I taught my kids to make -- thanks to the cake flour, you can stir them endlessly and they won't get tough. It's originally a Cooks Illustrated recipe.

You can omit the walnuts, and you don't have to line the pan with anything -- the brownies will still come out easily.

https://foolproofliving.com/the-ultimate-brownie/

Easiest is a box of chocolate cake mix and a can of pumpkin. That’s it. Mix it and bake muffins from it. It’s good actually!

I’m usually not a huge fan of mixes but it is a great way to start kids cooking. Like a PP we also did muffin mixes, as well as cornbread. I started this at 3 and now at 8 my son can do a real cookie recipe with a little guidance. Also, we used a high chair for him until he was 5 (we are an extremely petite family) and I found it easiest to cook with him with his high chair pulled up to the kitchen counter. At 3, he needed to contained! Not sure if that’s an option for you.

Are you looking for something they can make mostly on their own, OP? If so, I’d find a simple muffin or loaf recipe (something that uses oil or melted butter) and make the dry mix yourself; have them add the eggs and other liquids, mix, and put in the pan.

If you’re looking for something easy for them to bake with you, I recommend these blondies, which are so easy: https://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/blondies/. They can pick mix-ins like candy, mini-marshmallows, whatever.

Cheesecake

Anonymous wrote:Brownies and drop cookies are good. Stay away from pie, which either involves making crust (tricky) or buying crust and then just adding the fruit (boring). Chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, sugar cookies, gingersnaps, etc., are all easy. Banana bread is good, too.

Graham cracker crusts are very easy to make.

mini icecream sandwiches.

buy sprinkles
vanilla or choc icecream
Dewey wafer cookies or square pretzel pieces(slightly messier)

Take some ice cream stick it between two cookies roll in any sprinkles or mini candies put on a baking sheet or plate and freeze.

Tasty best choc chip cookies uses only a wisk and spoon no electric gadgets

https://tasty.co/recipe/the-best-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies

You can put two types of choc so each kid gets to add some. Super easy and yummy.

Brownies and drop cookies are good. Stay away from pie, which either involves making crust (tricky) or buying crust and then just adding the fruit (boring). Chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, sugar cookies, gingersnaps, etc., are all easy. Banana bread is good, too.

During the pandemic, we made a box of muffin mix once per week. Two eggs, water, oil, and mix. Pour it into paper cups. Boom. Done.

Each kid does an egg, one does oil, one does water, each picks out six colorful cupcake papers for their half of the muffins and puts them in the tins. Both stir and I load them into the tins. Is it gourmet? Absolutely not. But my children regularly reported to their classrooms that it was the favorite part of their weekend.

These may be simpler than you were looking for, and stretch the definition of baking, but they werw famiky favorites because tgwy all taatw great and tge kids can do most of the work themselves.

Seven-Layer Cookies:

Spread in 9 x 13 pan:
1. 1 stick melted margarine
2. 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3. 1 pkg. (12 oz) chocolate chips
4. 1 pkg. (12 oz) butterscotch chips
5. 1 cup coconut
6. 1 cup chopped walnuts
7. 1 can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
Bake at 350 degrees F 25-30 minutes (until top starts to turn golden). Cut into squares. Cool and chill.

Frozen Yogurt Pie

Mix 2 fruit yogurt containers with one tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip. If desired, you can add jam for extra fruit flavor. Spoon into graham cracker crust. Freeze. (Note: yogurt containing gelatin will result in a spongey, Chiffon-like? pie. I prefer using yogurt/Greek yogurt that doesn't contain gelatin.) Please note that the foil pie tin the crust cones in can be a little bit sharp.

Monkey bread

4 cans biscuits - the traditional kind, not Grands, not layers (40 biscuits total).
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 stick margarine
1 tsp. vanilla

Cut (or tear) biscuits into fourths. Mix together 2/3 cups sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. Roll each piece in mixture. Drop biscuits into greased 12-cup Bundt pan. Combine remaining sugar, cinnamon, margarine, and vanilla. Boil. Pour over biscuits. Bake in 350 degree oven 40 minutes. Turn immediately out onto a plate and served warm. Can be wrapped in foil and reheated.

For more of a traditional baking experience you might try Bisquick’s strawberry shortcake, boxed brownies, or a boxed cake that you enhance - our family likes Gooey Butter cake, Piña Colada cake (non-alcoholic), and Strawberry cake). I can provide these recipes if you wish.

1. Let them take turns stirring, etc.
2. Why not just have them help you bake until you know what their skills are/they get choose a recipe they’re always familiar with?
3. Pancakes are super easy and appealing to children. Great for a weekend morning.

Brownie Mix

No recipe suggestion, but to avoid the same kind of fights at our house, I bake double. Usually something simple like pumpkin or banana bread. Each kid gets to do the full recipe in their own bowl and I throw one loaf in the freezer for later.

I don't have a kitchen island, so I may have to do that with 2 kids on our dining table or their little breakfast table. For the first time, I want to introduce them easy to make baking recipe, e.g. cake, cookies or pie. They like apple pie, cookie, cake and sweets. I am worried the most is both 2 kids are going to fight who break the egg, who stir the flour (I don't have a kitchen mixer) etc. ....... They are 4 and 7.

Any easy to make (no failure) recipe for kids? Thank you.