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Christmas baking for kids

Keep your budding chefs entertained with our collection of sweet and savoury bakes. From gingerbread reindeer to glittering meringue Christmas trees, your litter helpers are sure to love these creative Christmas baking ideas.

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Tear your way through this sweet and spicy Christmas bake with abandon
Tear-and-share spiced chocolate Christmas tree
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Keep the kids busy in the kitchen over the holidays by baking a batch of these easy Christmas biscuits. Cut out a range of festive shapes from the spiced orange dough and get creative decorating with pretty coloured icing.
Christmas biscuits
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A super easy twist on classic mince pies, these Christmas pop tarts make the perfect sweet treat to share over the festive season. Made simply with ready rolled pastry and a jar of mincemeat, you can have these little parcels baked and ready in no time.
Mincemeat pop tarts
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Made with sweet fondant icing and delicious desiccated coconut, these cute polar bear cupcakes make the perfect Christmas treats to share with friends and family
Polar bear cupcakes
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Get your kids counting down to Christmas with these warm, doughy snowmen biscuits. From cutting out the rounds for the body to making tiny carrot noses out of orange icing, your budding chefs will love getting stuck in - and tucking in afterwards!
Stacking snowmen biscuits
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Kids will love helping to bake and decorate these gorgeous snowman cupcakes. Perfect for a party and a great festive centrepiece or edible gift, the un-iced cupcakes can even be made a week in advance.
Snowman cupcakes
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Here's a fun baking activity to do with the kids to get you all feeling festive. Try your hand at these cute gingerbread reindeer faces, they make the perfect edible gift for family and friends, or you can hang them on your tree.
Gingerbread reindeer
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These pretty snowball dippers are so easy to make and use just four ingredients
Marshmallow snowball dippers
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Vivek Singh's hot chocolate biscuits
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Vivek Singh infuses these chocolate biscuits with a hint of Indian spice to make an exciting snack that both kids and adults will enjoy making and eating.
  • Serves 50
  • 50 mins
  • 60 calories
Adam Byatt's mini mincemeat puffs
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These mini mincemeat puffs by Adam Byatt are a quick, easy alternative to mince pies, and are just as delicious and pretty.
  • Serves 20
  • 30mins to prepare, 15mins to cook, plus freezing time
  • 91 calories
Polar bear cupcakes
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Made with sweet fondant icing and delicious desiccated coconut, these cute polar bear cupcakes make the perfect Christmas treats to share with friends and family
  • Serves 12
  • 28 mins
  • 450 calories
Meringue kisses
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Kids will absolutely love helping to pipe these pretty meringues. These sweet treats are super easy to make and can be prepared up to one week ahead of gifting. Store them in an airtight container between layers of nonstick baking paper.
  • Serves 40
  • 60 mins
  • 22 calories
Adam Gray's mini carrot cakes
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These mini carrot cakes are the perfect bite-size treat that won’t max you out on the calories. Deliciously moist cake topped with moreish lemon and cream cheese icing, they’re guaranteed to be a hit with everyone.
  • Serves 25
  • 20mins to prepare, 10mins to cook and 15mins to cool
  • 160 calories
Gingerbread train
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This fun and festive gingerbread train is packed with all your favourite treats
  • Serves 12
  • 4-5 hours to bake, assemble and decorate
  • 536 calories
Classic Christmas mincemeat
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This really easy mincemeat recipe just requires mixing all the ingredients – including cherries, almonds and a tot of alcohol of your choice – together.
  • Serves 48
  • 15 mins to prepare plus overnight cooling
  • 75 calories
Mincemeat pop tarts
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A super easy twist on classic mince pies, these Christmas pop tarts make the perfect sweet treat to share over the festive season. Made simply with ready rolled pastry and a jar of mincemeat, you can have these little parcels baked and ready in no time.
  • Serves 12
  • 35 mins
  • 184 calories

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