Christmas Recipes for Kids

Christmas is a great time to spend time and bond with one's family members. People who usually have a busy life and have very less time for their kids and family, should take this opportunity and make the most of it. Taking your children for holidays or visiting places they love like the zoos, museums, aquariums, etc. are good ideas. However, sometimes due to Christmas party planning and organizing, going out may become an impossible thing. If this is the problem affecting you, why not try an innovative idea like cooking along with your children. You can try out some simple recipes and introduce your children to the fun activity of cooking. These Christmas recipes for children are not something very difficult or elaborate, rather they are quite easy and surely the kids will enjoy every moment of it.

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Cookies are considered to be one of the most simplest recipes that kids can try. Moreover, their love for cookies will make this process more interesting and exciting for them.

Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups flour
• 8 ounces softened butter
• 3 teaspoons milk
• 12 ounces old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 large eggs
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1½ cups light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Combine flour, baking powder, oats, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl and keep it aside. In another mixing bowl, take sugar and softened butter and whisk till they are fully blended. You can also use the electric blender for this purpose. Break the eggs into this mixture, but one at a time. This should be followed by milk and the vanilla extract. Mix these ingredients thoroughly and add the flour mixture into it. Stir till they are fully combined and finally sprinkle chocolate chips into this mixture. Pour the cookie dough into cookie sheets with the help of a tablespoon and bake them for 12-15 minutes in a 350 degrees F preheated oven. Make sure that the cookies are golden in color before taking them out. Cool them for five minutes in a wire rack and cut them into different shapes with cookie cutters. Cookie decoration is also an activity that the kids will love.

Fruit and Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups All-purpose flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup butter
• 4 ounces raisins
• 4 ounces Brazil nuts
• 4 ounces glazed cherries
• 1 egg
• 4 ounces glazed pineapple
• Pinch of salt

Preparation

Coarsely chop the glazed pineapples, cherries and Brazil nuts and set aside. Take a large mixing bowl and combine eggs, sugar, vanilla and butter with the help of an electric mixer. Once this mixture becomes creamy, add the other ingredients including salt, flour and baking soda. Mix till all the ingredients are fully blended and the texture of the flour becomes smooth. Put in the fruits and nuts and stir once to spread them evenly. Grease a cookie sheet lightly and fill them with the cookie batter. Bake these cookies in a 350 degrees F preheated oven for at least 15 minutes. See to it that the cookies are soft when you take them out of the oven. Allow them to cool completely and let the kids have them for breakfast on Christmas morning with a glass of milk.

Fun and Easy Christmas Recipes

Apart from the cookies, there are some other recipes that the kids will love to make. They can be included in your kids' Christmas party too.

Minty Milk Shake

Ingredients

• 16 ounces milk
• 4 cups mint- chocolate chip ice cream
• Candy cane
• whipped cream

Preparation

Take milk as well as ice cream in a blender and mix. The mixture should be made soft and smooth which will take approximately 1 minute. Transfer this into large glasses and top it with a spoonful of whipped cream. Put in a candy cane and serve. You can serve up to six kids with this measurement.

Choco Popcorn

Ingredients

• 12 ounces milk chocolate morsels
• 16 ounces salted peanuts
• 4 ounces butter or margarine
• 12 cups popped popcorn
• 4 ounces light corn syrup

Preparation

Take a roasting pan and grease it lightly. Place popcorn in the pan and mix them with the salted peanuts. In a heavy sauce pan, mix corn syrup, morsels and butter. Cook them on a medium flame by covering the sauce pan with a lid. When the mixture reaches boiling point, add the popcorn and stir. Take a large bowl and line it with waxed paper. Pour the popcorn mixture into this bowl and bake it for 30-40 minutes in a 300 degrees F preheated oven. Make sure that you stir it once or twice while baking.

One important thing that you have to remember is that allowing children to help in cooking means turning your neat and clean kitchen into a mess. However, the fun you will have with your kid while cooking will be much greater than the effort you will have to take later. So, this Christmas have a blast with your kids while trying these delicious Christmas recipes.