Five easy Easter recipes for kids

So that you can start the holidays full of anticipation can, we have put together for you 5 traditional Easter recipes compiled that children can also help with. The delicious and kid-friendly Easter recipes are just waiting to be cooked by you and the kids. So bake to your heart's content, discover our Easter tips and enjoy!

1. Bunny-shaped pancakes

Required ingredients:

• 3 eggs

• 115 g flour

• 140 ml milk

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 pinch of salt

• some butter for the pan

• Fruit and other treats of your choice

Preparation:

1. First separate the egg whites from the yolks.

2. Put the egg whites together with the salt into a bowl and beat them until stiff.

3. Put the yolks together with the baking powder and the flour into another bowl and mix them with the milk into a smooth batter.

4. Now fold the beaten egg whites into the batter.

5. Put some butter in a pan and heat it.

6. Now ladle a large scoop of batter into the pan for the bunny's body and let it cook until golden brown.

7. Then add another ladle of batter to the pan, this time a bit smaller – that will be the bunny's head.

8. Next come two small pancakes for the feet and two elongated pancakes for the bunny ears.

9. When all the pancakes are golden brown, you can arrange them on a plate to form an Easter bunny.

10. Spread your bunny-shaped pancakes with syrup, chocolate-hazelnut spread or other sweet toppings and top them with some fruit as you like. Enjoy!

2. Hard-boiled Easter eggs

Required ingredients:

• Eggs

• Pot

• warm water

Preparation:

1. First place the eggs you want to eat into a pot.

2. Now pour some warm tap water into the pot so that the eggs are covered.

3. Put the pot on the stove and bring the water with the eggs to a boil.

4. Let your eggs boil for about ten minutes.

5. After the cooking time, cool the hard-boiled eggs under cold running water.

6. Now you can dye your eggs or eat them right away.

3. Yeast dough Easter bunnies

Required ingredients:

For the yeast dough:

• 500 g wheat flour

• 1 packet dry yeast

• 100 g sugar

• Packet vanilla sugar

• 1 bottle butter-vanilla flavoring

• 1 pinch of salt

• 250 ml milk

• 7 tbsp oil

For brushing and decorating

• 1 tsp milk

• 2 tsp pearl sugar

• Almonds, halved

• 1 egg yolk

Preparation:

1. First put the flour and dry yeast into a bowl. Mix the two ingredients and add the rest, kneading everything into a smooth dough.

2. Now let the dough rise in a warm place until it has visibly expanded.

3. When the dough has risen well, knead it again on a floured work surface.

4. Then shape the dough into a roll and divide it into four equal pieces.

5. Preheat the oven to approx. 180°C (conventional/top and bottom heat).

6. Roll out each of the four pieces and shape it into a bunny. You can also use cookie cutters for this.

7. Once you've shaped your bunnies, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush them with a mixture of one egg yolk and one teaspoon of milk so they become nicely golden brown when baked.

8. Decorate your yeast-dough bunnies with pearl sugar and make little eyes with halved almonds.

9. Now the bunnies go into the preheated oven for about 20 minutes.

10. Your yeast dough Easter bunnies are ready. Enjoy them!

4. Bake wild garlic bread

Required ingredients:

• 1 bunch wild garlic

• 500 g flour

• 1 packet dry yeast

• 1 tbsp sugar (optional)

• 2 tsp salt

• 50 ml olive oil

• 300 ml lukewarm water

The recipe is available for download. Take a look!

Preparation:

1. First put flour, dry yeast, salt, olive oil, lukewarm water and sugar (if desired) into a bowl. Knead everything into a smooth dough and cover with a cloth, letting it rise for 30 minutes.

2. In the meantime, finely chop the wild garlic.

3. When the dough has risen well, add the finely chopped wild garlic to the bowl and knead it in.

4. Now shape your dough into two small loaves or one large loaf.

5. Place the loaves on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and let the dough rise again, covered, for another 30 minutes.

6. Preheat the oven to 200°C (conventional/top and bottom heat) (180°C fan). After the bread dough has risen, bake it for about 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown and then let it cool on a wire rack.

7. Your homemade wild garlic bread for the Easter table is ready. A delicious Easter recipe for kids – enjoy!

5. Cake truffles

Required ingredients: 

• 100 g butter

• 75 g sugar

• 2 eggs

• 100 g flour

• ½ packet baking powder

• CakeMelts glaze: pink, red, white, green or purple (647420)

Materials needed:

• Mold

Preparation:

1. Cream butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy.

2. Mix flour and baking powder, sift and fold in (optionally add almond pieces or chocolate flakes).

3. Fill into a silicone mold and bake at 150°C with fan for about 10 minutes.

4. Let the truffles cool.

5. Melt the glaze, pour it into the silicone mold and 'immerse' the cake truffles in it.