Easy Cookie Recipes for Kids

1 1/2 sticks (185 grams) butter, softened
1 cup soft brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 1/4 cup self-raising flour

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, beat until combined.

Sift in 3/4 of the flour to the butter mix. Mix in well. You may want to use your hands at this stage as it can be hard to mix with a spoon. The mix should form a soft dough. If it is too sticky add a little of the remaining flour. Continue to add flour to the mix, mixing/kneading as you go, to get it to a soft dough.

Form into a log, wrap in baking paper or plastic wrap and place in the fridge until firm for about 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 375F (180C) degrees line a cookie sheet with baking paper. Once the dough is firm, slice about 1/4 inch thick.Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown (for a crunchy cookie), or 7 minutes for a softer cookie.

For variations on the above refrigerator cookie recipe try these ideas:

Swirly Cookies - take about 1/3 of the butter mix and place into a separate bowl. Mix through sprinkles or food coloring of your choice into each butter mix. Continue with the recipe as normal though you will need to divide the flour into thirds. (3/4 cup of flour for the 1/3 butter mix, and 1 1/2 cup of flour for the 2/3 butter mix). Once each bowl is made into a soft dough, roll/press out the larger quantity of dough to about1/2 cm thick. Do the same with the smaller quantity of dough. You can do this on top of the larger piece of dough. Roll up the dough together and refrigerate until firm.Then slice and bake.

Chocolate Chip Cookies - mix in chocolate chips and add to butter mixture. Continue on with the recipe as stated.

Chocolate Sprinkle Cookies - mix in 2 teaspoons of hot chocolate mix and brown sprinkles

You can add any kind of nuts, candies, dried fruit, or spices for variety.

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Sarah's Honey Biscuits*

*Australians call cookies "biscuits"

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup of flour
5 teaspoons of butter
3 teaspoons of honey
1 teaspoon of canola oil for greasing

Preheat oven to 360F degrees (180C degrees). Mix all ingredients in a bowl until slightly stiff.

Put the dough on a chopping board and flatten it with your hands. Use your hand to pull off pieces of dough and roll into small balls.

Grease oven tray. Place balls of dough on the tray then place it in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly brown. Remove the oven and let cool. Wait until balls harden then serve.

This recipe was created by Sarah from Australia.

Patty Cake Cookies

2 cups self-raising flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 bar dark chocolate for melting

Preheat oven to 350F degrees (180C). Line cookie sheet with baking paper.

Sift flour and sugar into large mixing bowl. Add oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.

Spoon mixture onto baking paper to make patty cakes 2" in diameter. Bake in hot oven for 15 minutes until tops of patty cakes are golden.

Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.

Makes about one dozen.

Melt chocolate in microwave or stir over low heat in a saucepan. Spread melted chocolate over top of patty cakes.

Enjoy these soft and fluffy patty cakes.

Surprise Cookies

1 packet refrigerated sugar cookie dough (store bought)
1 bag of "bite sized" candies (Milky Way, Snickers, etc.)
crystallized sugar sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Slice cookie dough and put a piece of the bite sized candy in the middle of each piece of dough.Then fold over each corner of the dough to the center over the candy. Shake sprinkles on top of each cookie.

Place on a baking sheet and then bake for 12 minutes, or until the candy is melted completely. When cooled, eat up! This recipe was created by Sydney, age 16, of the United States.


Snickerdoodles

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400F degrees (180C degrees). In a mixing bowl, mix together shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. In a separate bowl mix together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Stir into shortening mixture. Shape dough into 1" balls. Roll in mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet and bake 8-10 minutes. This recipe was submitted by C. Clark, age 12, of the United States.

Super Easy Sugar Cookies

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup shortening
2 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
candy sprinkles or red colored sugar
raspberry or strawberry jam

Beat together butter and shortening on medium speed for 1 minute. Add 1 cup of the flour, egg, sugar, milk, banilla, baking powder, and salt. Beat until well mixed. Add the rest of the flour and beat well. Cover dough and chill for a few hours.

Lightly flour counter top and roll out the dough so it is about 1/8 of an inch thick. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to make cookies.

Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375F degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Let cookies cool on racks. Then spread jam on top of half the cookies, and top with another cookie so you have a little "cookie sandwich." Spread sprinkles or red colored sugar on top.

2 egg whites
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 ounces milk chocolate

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

In a bowl, whisk egg whites. Sift corn starch and flour. Add to bowl. Add sugar and vanilla to bowl. Fold dry ingredients in using a large wooden spoon. Then spoon into a plastic zip lock back and seal. Make a small cut in one corner of the plastic bag.

Line cookie sheet with baking paper. Squeeze plastic bag to make letters of the alphabet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on racks.

Melt chocolate in microwave then spoon into a plastic zip lock bag. Cut a whole and squeeze over each letter of the alphabet.

It's as easy as ABC!

Chocolate Cornflake Clusters

2 cups cornflakes, crushed
3/4 cups craisins (dried cranberries)
3/4 cups flaked almonds
3/4 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup sweetened, condensed milk
2 cups melted milk chocolate chips, white chocolate, or peanut butter chips

Preheat oven to 325F degrees. Mix together all ingredients except chocolate chips. Line a cookie sheet with foil and grease. Spoon onto cookie sheet about 1 tablespoon per cluster.

Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then spread the bottom of the clusters with the melted chocolate. Let the chocolate harden, then turn clusters over and drizzle more chocolate over the top.

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