Easy Bake Oven Recipes?

[It's A Happy Day]

I just picked up the Easy Bake Oven for DD for christmas and bought some of the cute but expensive packages of mix for it too - cookie, cake, cupcakes. They have some that had untensils in with the mix so I stuck to those figuring I'd make my $6.99 go a little further.

Does anyone know of any good recipes that make a small quantity like that - I'd hate to have to pay $7 every time she wants to be a baker?

Or even a larger recipe that I could mix the dry ingredients. save them in tupperware, and add wet ingredients in small quantities later on when we want to bake.

Has anyone tried to bake the fridge *like the pillsbury slice & cook* cookies in one of these contraptions?

Thanks in Advance!

 

[Pop Daddy]

take it back and get her a micorwave and buy some little pizzas

 

[ADisneygirl]

If I remember correctly, these ovens use a light bulb to cook with. This might limit the types of ordinary mixes you can actually bake in there. Plus, as a kid I remember how I loved to get those cute miniature boxes and packs of cake and brownie mixes that they sell for the Easy Bake Oven.

 

[buffalogirl]

take it back and get her a micorwave and buy some little pizzas

I think Pop Daddy might be on to something.

 

[Serena]

My kids put up with it for about 3 cakes/brownies/whatever before asking if I'd buy regular sized stuff and help them. I didn't mind at all.

 

[Beth76]

I remember seeing a Consumer Reports article on these. Essentially, they recommended just baking with your child in your actual kitchen. Yeah, it's a cute idea, but it's fun to bake real things too. And then everyone in the family can enjoy them and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

But, you could probably do a google search. I'm sure there are some frugal people out there who have come up with recipes for these.

 

[Seahunt]

Here's some Easy Bake recipe links to look at:

There are 3 pages of Easy Bake recipes on the first link, be sure and click on page 1 & 2 at bottom of page - I linked to page 3 just so you could see "Barbie's Pretty Pink Cake" recipe, a little girl would love this:

http://www.thecookinginn.com/easybake/easybakerec.html

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archive/KIDS/Easy_Bake_Oven_Recipes_by_bme.html

I got an Easy Bake oven when I was 10 years old (I'm 50 now), and I still remember it fondly!

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I remember seeing a Consumer Reports article on these. Essentially, they recommended just baking with your child in your actual kitchen. Yeah, it's a cute idea, but it's fun to bake real things too. And then everyone in the family can enjoy them and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

We do "real" bake together and make brownies, eat...I mean bake cookie dough but every little girl has to have a Easy Bake once in their life and I know my DD will love this!!! She's only 4 so it really is a novelty item. I love the fact that the pans, etc. are child size scale and she really has fun with her pretend food so...yet another toy to add to the heap I just don't want to have to run out for mixes if I have the ingredients at home.

Here's some Easy Bake recipe links to look at:

I got an Easy Bake oven when I was 10 years old (I'm 50 now), and I still remember it fondly!

Thank you! I hope my DD4 will remember it too!

 

[famofsix]

I think you can use jiffy mixes

but here's a link to some homemade from scratch
http://www.budget101.com/kids.htm

 

[LJC1861]

I heard on the news last night that the Easy Bake Oven was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame. Who even knew that there was such a thing???

 

[Tazicket]

I think you can use jiffy mixes

but here's a link to some homemade from scratch
http://www.budget101.com/kids.htm

I had one when I was little and I used the Jiffy mixes. Quite a bit cheaper that way.

 

[CEDmom]

We use a regular cake mix. We just add a little water and oil to a few TBS of mix and it's perfect.

DD7 got an Easy Bake last year and still pulls it out from time to time. We bake/cook a lot together but this is something she can pretty much do on her own. It makes her feel very confident to be able to do that.

 

[720L]

This is great! I thought you could only use easy bake recipes.

 

[PirateKitty]

take it back and get her a micorwave and buy some little pizzas

 

[famofsix]

I heard on the news last night that the Easy Bake Oven was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame. Who even knew that there was such a thing???

It a wonderful museum
http://www.strongmuseum.org/

 

[clh2]

I heard on the news last night that the Easy Bake Oven was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame. Who even knew that there was such a thing???

I heard this too. Even funnier, last years toy was your basic corregated cardboard box. Yup - you know like the big refrigerator boxes that become houses and what not.

 

[KerriSue]

My daughter had one and it never worked right. We took it back. Im not sure it was really worth it.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I heard this too. Even funnier, last years toy was your basic corregated cardboard box. Yup - you know like the big refrigerator boxes that become houses and what not.

We got a freezer for the cellar about 2 months ago and the delivery guy was shocked when I told him to leave the box. He told me I was the first person who let their kids have it for fun I paid $500 for that toy (the price of the freezer) and the kids had a blast with it!