10 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes To Make With Your Kids

If you're kids are home and you don't want them bouncing off of the walls,  having them cook with you in the kitchen can be a great distraction. It gives them a chance to learn about flavors and techniques and how to follow directions — and the best part of it is that they get to eat the finished product. When you're cooking with your kids, it's best to start off with small recipes, like simple sandwiches, cupcakes, or...cookies.

This delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for bittersweet chocolate, but you can also use semisweet, milk, or white chocolate — whatever the young ones desire.

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Chocolate chip cookies are perfect for any gathering. These benefit from the added flavor of vanilla. If you need an extra hand, your kids will probably be glad to help in the process. The faster the cookies get done, the sooner you and your family get to eat them.

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For this recipe, have your kids do the heavy lifting: that is, the mixing. Add all the ingredients to a bowl and have them stir it all up. As a treat, let them have an extra cookie when it's all done.

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Chocolate chip cookies is the perfect recipe to make with your kids over the weekend. Transform your next cookie recipe by adding in a dash of cinnamon.

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When your kids and their friends have a slumber party, the perfect activity is to have them help you make cookies in the kitchen. It gives everyone a chance to bond and have a sweet treat after dinner.

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When your kids and their friends have a slumber party, the perfect activity is to have them help you make cookies in the kitchen. It gives everyone a chance to bond and have a sweet treat after dinner.

For the Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, click here.

Kids love Nutella — add it into your next chocolate chip cookie recipe and they'll be in love. Tip for parents: If they are helping to make this recipe, make sure you keep the Nutella jar far away from them, or you might end up wondering where it all went.

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Cookies are the perfect baking project for you and your kids. They're a blank canvas for tons of different flavors — that seasonal favorite, pumpkin, among them.

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Turn your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe into a chocolate chip cookie "cake." The skillet cookie is topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, chopped walnuts, and powdered sugar. If your kids are helping you out in the kitchen, let them pick their favorite toppings and decorate the cookie themselves.

For the Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, click here.

Make traditional chocolate chip cookies and have your kids decorate them with chocolate and vanilla icing.

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