Dessert Recipes for Kids

For most people, desserts are the most awaited part of a meal. Nothing can be more rewarding than having a slice of your favorite chocolate cake or a dish of banana pudding after dinner. But with the increasing health related problems, parents have become extremely careful regarding their children's health, and hence avoid serving them dishes that are very sugary or filled with unnecessary calories. But a healthy meal or lifestyle doesn't mean you should deprive your kid of delicious desserts and sweets.

Apple Cranberry Cobbler
Ingredients

• ¾ cup flour
• 5 cups sliced peeled apples or pears
• 1 cup cranberries
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 3 tbsp tapioca
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp butter or margarine
• 1¼ cups sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 tbsp milk
• ¼ cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup water
• 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

Preheat the oven at 375°F. Take a large saucepan and mix apples, 1¼ cups sugar, cranberries, tapioca, cinnamon and water in it; allow it to stand for 5 to 7 minutes. Stir continuously and cook the mixture on medium heat until it comes to a boil. Pour the mixture into a 2-quart baking dish and add 2 tbsp of butter. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add ¼ cup butter to it and mix well till the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Now put milk and stir constantly until soft dough forms. Drop this dough onto the hot apple mixture and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the crust turns golden brown. Serve warm with whipped topping.

Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp light corn syrup
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp water

Directions

In a large bowl, add cream butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs, corn syrup, water and vanilla essence to it and mix well. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt, and put into the creamed mixture. Add chocolate chips to it and mix well. With the help a spoon, drop the mixture on a cookie sheet 2 to 3 inches apart and give it a desired cookie shape. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes at 375°F and serve.

Blueberry Crumb Pie
Ingredients

• 1 9-inch frozen pie crust, thawed as per the package directions
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 cups fresh blueberries
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp cornstarch
• Zest of 1 lemon

Crumb Topping:

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup firmly-packed brown sugar
• 6 tbsp butter
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup rolled oats

Directions

Preheat the oven at 375°F. In a large bowl, put sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and lemon zest. Add blueberries to it and toss gently. Now pour the blueberry mixture on to the pie crust. Take a small bowl and stir together oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Add butter to it, mix well until the mixture becomes crumbly and spread over the blueberries in the pie. Transfer the blueberry pie on a baking sheet and bake for 40-50 minutes until pie crust turns golden brown. Before cutting, allow the pie to rest for 15 to 20 minutes and then serve.

Dessert Pizza
Ingredients

• Sugar cookie dough crust
• 3 cups sliced fruits (raspberries, strawberries, oranges, pineapples, peaches, and blueberries)
• 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup of confectioners sugar

Directions

Spread the cookie dough on a greased pizza pan and bake it. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and confectioners sugar. Spread this mixture on the cookie dough crust and top with sliced fruits. Slice the cookie dough crust into wedges just like a pizza and serve.

These were some simple, toothsome and healthy dessert recipes for kids, which will not only entice their taste buds but will also encourage them to make these dessert recipes on their own.