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Cake desserts with Fruit and Sauces – yummy when Cooking with Kids!

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How to Make Luscious Cake Desserts with Fruit and Sauces I get a lot of my cake and bread mixes from The Prepared Pantry – it requires some thought and ordering in advance but they keep for months, and you … Continue reading

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Marvelous Muffins! Great when cooking with kids – you can even use muffin mix and add zing to them

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Beyond the Basics:  Adding Goodies to Your Muffins Includes: “How to Get Your Muffins Out of the Pan without Breaking” What’s not to like about a warm honey bran muffin with great jam? Cinnamon Chip Bran Muffins.  To a mix … Continue reading

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Here is the ultimate strawberry chocolate cake – just like the last two blogs but with chunks of fruit – great when cooking with kids

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Strawberry White Chocolate Lava Cake with Strawberry Sauce Anyone who likes strawberry shortcake is going to love this.  The chunks of fruit in the filling reduce the ooze but this so good, it’s hard to pass up.    Ingredients 1/2 … Continue reading

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If you got the hang of Chocolate Lava Cakes, try this one – white chocolate orange lava cakes – when cooking with kids

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Chocoholics beware! This cake could be in your future! Orange White Chocolate Lava Cake Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 large eggs 2 teaspoons orange flavor 1 tablespoon orange zest 2/3 cup all-purpose flour … Continue reading

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Making Chocolate Ganache in the microwave – sounds fancy but if you can use a cake mix, you can make ganache! Cooking with kids – so much fun!

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How often do you want to make dessert but don’t have time? With this, you can make incredible desserts and save time. And do it cooking with kids – listening to music – what could be better! If you have … Continue reading

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5 minute Fudge – Cooking with Kids! Add Chopin’s Polonaise in A flat major and you have a great treat!

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Cooking with kids along with GREAT classical music. Here the great Horowitz plays Polonaise Op. 53 in A flat major. My cousin John Brittan – an amazing pianist who played in South Africa with the symphony orchestra – used to … Continue reading

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Cinnamon Bun Sundaes – wickedly divine – Cooking with Kids!

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Try these while Cooking with Kids and listening to great music – we love the classics – what about Nutcracker Suite! Improved Cinnamon  Bun Sundaes Any  good dessert should evolve over time.  A year or so ago, I tried cinnamon … Continue reading

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Blackberry Pie – heaven! A great summer dish for cooking with kids

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I like using store ready pie crusts – both for the top and bottom. Cooking with kids when using store bought materials is a good idea since they can learn that there are good things that can be bought – … Continue reading

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Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe

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Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading

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Brownies GALORE! Great for cooking with kids – they can join YOU in licking the bowls! Great for the FOURTH OF JULY!

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Ten Ways to Fancy Up Your Brownies (or Other Desserts) Remember to put on MUSIC to make it fun! Try The Happy Song! Here  are ten great ideas to transform your brownies into fancy desserts that will  impress your friends … Continue reading

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Cake making – Streusel Cake with Fruit Filling – Cooking with Kids

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Pennsylvania  Dutch Streusel Cake with a  Fruit Filling Have you ever made streusel  cake or streuselkuchen?  This is one of  the best.  Like most, this one has a  layer of fruit filling tucked under the streusel top. Serve  it as a dessert … Continue reading

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Cooking with kids – Stuffed Pancakes! Yummy!

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Cooking with Kids -Yummy Stuffed Pancakes Do you want to know how to make cute little pancake turnovers with  raspberry or other fruit fillings inside? I get fillings and pancake mixes from The Prepared Pantry – and they have lots of combinations as … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tips – Making Blintzes! Cooking with Kids – who doesn’t love kids and blintzes?

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The Easy Way to Make Strawberry, Cherry, and Other Blintzes  I love blintzes—always have.  I don’t know anyone who does not love blintzes.  So how come we don’t make them more often? Blintzes aren’t hard but if you are making … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – Aebleskiver – a Dutch Dessert that makes Cooking with Kids so much fun!

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How to Delight Your Family! Make aebleskiver! I guarantee your family will love aebleskiver—Danish  puffed pastries. Aebleskiver are extra special but easy enough that you can make  them often. Make them from scratch or make  them from a mix.  Since … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – Making 1000 Desserts Cooking with Kids!

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How  to Make 1000 Desserts with the Ingredients You Have in Your Kitchen Right Now Yes, I know you’re busy.  Some days you need an easy dessert you can  put together that looks good and tastes great—without going to the … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – Cooking with Kids – EASY Banana pie!

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How to Make the World’s Easiest Banana Pie (and other) Desserts Make Banana, Strawberry, and Cherry Individual Desserts in Minutes On a busy afternoon, the kids bring their friends by and want desserts.  What can you give them that’s quick … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – belatedly! Baked Apples with Cranberries and Sour Cream

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Hi – I am still struggling with a crashed hard drive and replacements – but as promised here is the recipe for Tasty Thursdays! Baked Apples Little Farm Style ( Serves 6) Ingredients: 6 Granny Smith ( Green) Apples (one … Continue reading

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