Autumn is the perfect season to relax at home, preparing and enjoying some delicious autumn desserts with the kids. Get inspired by the following autumn recipes for kids:
Rice Crispy Treats
This is a delicious kids’ snack for in between. What you will need is:
- Butter
- Mini Marshmallows
- Food Coloring
- Rice Crispy Cereal
Instruction:
- melt 3 tbsp of butter per leaf color in a sauce pan on medium heat
- Add 3 cups of Mini Marshmallows per color and stir them until melted
- turn off the heat and add food color
- add 3 cups of Rice Crispy Cereal per color
- pour the Rice Crispy Treat mixture onto a cookie sheet
- Use a leaf cookie cutter to cut out the Rice Crispy Treats
- Enjoy!
Pumpkin Roll
An amazing sweet autumn dish for cozy afternoons with your kids. You will need…
For the cake:
- 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup canned pumpkin puree
For the filling:
- 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powder sugar
- 6 tbsp. salted butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instruction:
- Preheat oven to 190°C and line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt
- In a large bowl, whisk sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree
- Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir
- Pour batter into pan and bake for 15 minutes
- Turn cake out onto a work surface and roll the cake
- Le it cool completely
- For the filling combine all ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until fluffy
- Unroll cake and spread cream cheese mixture onto it.
- Roll the cake up and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
- Put the cake in the fridge for 1 hour
- Dust cake with powdered sugar
- Enjoy!
Cinnamon Baked Apples
This is a perfect afternoon dish kids you can prepare on cold and rainy days. You will need:
- 3 apples
- 3 tsp. coconut oil
- 3 tsp. sugar
- pinch cinnamon
Topping:
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp. coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- pinch salt
Instructions:
- First, heat the oven to 190°C.
- Put apples in a square baking dish. Place 1/2 tsp. coconut oil and 1/2 tsp. coconut sugar in every apple and add some cinnamon.
- For the topping: melt coconut oil and mix all ingredients together. Then spread it over the apples.
- Cover and bake in the oven for 45 -60 minutes.
- Serve with a bit of ice cream and enjoy!
Apple Pie Bites
A sweet and tasty autumn dessert you and your kids will love. You will need:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. apple pie spice
- additional: 1/4 tsp. apple pie spice for sprinkling the crescent rolls
- 3 tbsp. melted butter
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 1 apple, sliced into 8 slices
- 1 can crescent rolls (e.g. Pillsbury Original)
Instruction:
- Preheat your oven to 190°C and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine brown sugar and the apple pie spice in a small bowl.
- Melt the butter and coat apple slices in it.
- Put the crescent roll triangles on baking sheet. Evenly, cover triangles with brown sugar mixture.
- Then, sprinkle the triangles with the chopped pecans.
- Place an apple slice on the wide end of each triangle and wrap the dough around the apple slice.
- Cover the crescent rolls with remaining butter and sprinkle them with the additional apple pie spice.
- Bake the crescent rolls for 10-12 minutes, until their color becomes golden brown.
- Enjoy!
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
For this amazing sweet autumn dessert you will need:
- 1 loaf day-old challah bread, cubed into 1-inch pieces
- 720 ml milk
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 135 g brown sugar
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 4 eggs (lightly beaten)
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Instructions:
- Prepare a 9×13 baking dish parchment paper. Toss the cubed challah bread into it.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Pour the mixture over the bread in baking dish. Let the mixture sit and soak up for 15 minutes and preheat the oven to 175°C.
- Place the bread in the oven and bake at 175°C for 45-60 minutes.
- Remove and let it cool down before enjoying. If you like, serve with vanilla ice cream.