20 recipes for easy christmas treats for kids to bake

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Baking is such a fun way to involve kids in Christmas preparations, so I’ve put together a roundup of 20 easy Christmas treats recipes that kids can bake.

The roundup has recipes from some of the most talented food bloggers around right now.

Each recipe has just a few ingredients and easy to follow instructionsm designed to be simple to make and budget-friendly.

These recipes are great for making gifts for teachers, friends, and family.

Included are classic recipes like Rudolph cookies and gingerbread men, as well as unique ideas like tin can mini Christmas cakes, baked in bean tins!

20 Scrummy Christmas Baking Ideas For Kids

Explore the list to find the best festive recipes to keep kids busy this Christmas.

Choose from cookies, cupcakes, Christmas cake, shortbread, brownies, a brilliant cake mix cheat, festive bread, and a recipe for glossy frosting that hardens.

1. RUDOLPH NOSE CHRISTMAS COOKIES

These adorable Rudolph Nose Cookies by Mommy Travels are super easy to make and taste amazing.

2. ELF POOP CHRISTMAS COOKIES – A WHITE CHOCOLATE HAYSTACK RECIPE

These elf poop Christmas cookies are a quick and easy no-bake cookie recipe the kids love to make as it means their favorite Elf on the Shelf is back in town!

3. EASY RUDOLPH REINDEER CHOCOLATE CRISPIE CAKES

Turn classic chocolate crispy cakes into a fun Christmas treat for kids by adding simple reindeer faces to make these easy Rudolf the reindeer crispy cakes! Thanks Eats Amazing for a brilliantly simple but fun recipe!

4. LOW SUGAR REINDEER COOKIES

Did you know if you turn a gingerbread man cookie cutter upside down it becomes a reindeer? These low sugar reindeer cookies from My Kids Lick The Bowl are a super fun baking project with kids.

5. CHOCOLATE MINT PENGUIN STAINED GLASS COOKIES

These cute penguin cookies are a fun chocolate mint spin on traditional stained glass cookies – an easy treat recipe that’s perfect for Christmas presents! More great food fun for kids from Eats Amazing!

6. APPLE CINNAMON CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES

These tasty and adorable Russian yeast cupcakes with apples, cinnamon and apple pie spices are a great alternative to usual cupcakes! A lovely recipe from Happy Kitchen.

7. TIN CAN MINI CHRISTMAS CAKES

This is such a novel idea from Eats Amazing. You bake Christmas cake mixture in baked bean tins for Mini Tin Can Christmas Cakes! With full recipe and instructions, great for baking with kids! 

8. CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES – FOUR WAYS WITH ONE AMAZING DECORATING TIP

Here are some gorgeous easy to make Christmas cupcakes from The Decorated Cookie. There are instructions on how to do the cupcakes four ways with one brilliant decorating tip thrown in! Simplify your holiday baking and decorating with these Christmas cupcake ideas.

9. SNOWMAN PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

These festive Snowman Peanut Butter cookies from Smack of Flavor are perfect for you and your kids to make for your next Christmas or holiday party. This peanut butter cookie recipe results in soft and chewy peanut butter cookies decorated with powdered sugar, chocolate chips and Reese’s pieces.

10. CHRISTMAS BUTTER COOKIES

These Christmas butter cookies are easy for kids to make, quick to bake and super yum to eat. A great kids’ cookie recipe from Kidgredients.

11. EASY STAR COOKIE SHORTBREAD

This famous three-ingredient shortbread recipe is the easiest shortbread you’ll ever make… all you need is butter, plain flour and icing sugar! Then use a star shaped cookie cutter. Such a lovely recipe to make with kids from Bake Play Smile.

12. CHRISTMAS CUTOUT COOKIES WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

These Christmas cutout cookies are a fun tradition that the Mighty Mrs family makes every year. Everyone, kids included, has fun decorating them with their own flair! 

13. SUPER EASY CHRISTMAS REINDEER BROWNIES

This cute-as-a-button Christmas Reindeer Brownies recipe for kids to bake from Bake Play Smile is sure to be a hit at class Christmas parties and end of year celebrations!

14. NO CHILL GINGERBREAD COOKIES FOR KIDS

Food Meanderings created this no-chill recipe for making gingerbread characters quickly without the need to chill the dough, perfect for kids who don’t want to wait around to cut out their gingerbread characters! Everything can be done in less than 2 hours! NO CHILL time AND NO STOVETOP cooking either!

15. MINT CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX COOKIES

Now, I love a cake mix cheat (see my post on some seriously delicious cake mix cheats) so this Mint Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies recipe by Coffee With Us 3 is a winner for me! With just four ingredients for the cookies and one ingredient for the frosting, these cookies can be thrown together by kids in minutes!

16. POLISH CHRISTMAS COOKIES

These Polish Christmas cookies from Recipes From A Pantry, are the perfect make-ahead festive treat for kids to bake. They are easy to make, with pantry ingredients and bake in just eight minutes.

17. NUTELLA SHORTBREAD – EASY 3-INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

This super easy three-ingredient chocolate cookies recipe by Family Friends Food uses Nutella as an ingredient. Given that most kids LOVE Nutella (or other chocolate nut spreads!) it is sure to be a winner for kids to make as a Christmas gift for teachers and friends, or simply to bake and then eat. Use a star-shaped cookie cutter to make them super Christmassy.

18. EASY CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES

This easy Christmas Tree Cookies recipe from Apply To Face Blog is delicious and such fun. Make them with children for festive fabulousness.

19. HOLIDAY PISTACHIO BREAD

Holiday pistachio bread is a super simple quick bread that starts with a cake mix. Make it with your kids and give the lovely-hued loaves for delicious handmade Christmas gifts! Such a great recipe from Margin Making Mom.

20. GLOSSY SUGAR ICING (THAT HARDENS)

And finally, this is a brilliant glossy sugar icing recipe from Bake It With Love you and your kids can use for icing Christmas cookies. The best thing is that this easy to make icing actually hardens, so it’s great for using on cookies that will be gifts or cookies for hanging on the Christmas tree.

I really hope that at least one of these recipes finds its way into your Christmas activities for your kids in the run-up to the festive season.

Easy Christmas baking for kids is one of a whole bunch of Christmas posts I’ve got on Mums Make Lists to make Christmas and preparing for Christmas just that little bit simpler for parents. You can find the other posts in the Christmas section.

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