7/20/2014

Homemade Easy Bake Oven mix recipes from scratch, healthier versions

Just because you are a from scratch baker does not mean an Easy Bake oven should be avoided for your kids.

As a matter of fact an Easy Bake oven is a great learning tool & a great way to teach healthy baking & from scratch cooking, really.


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I got the idea for this blog post because last month we bought our youngest daughter a very nice used Easy Bake oven at a price we could not pass up. It of course came with no mixes so I went to see how much they were, between the cost of the mixes & the ingredients I knew right away no way was I going to teach my daughter to bake that way.

Easy bakeSo I started searching & right away discovered that you could not only make your own mixes or you could use normal cake mixes. I must admit my family calls boxed cake mixes cardboard & plastic cakes because of how they taste & whats in them, So I knew I would need to look more into the from scratch mixes I even created a Pinterest Board for just this purpose. What I discovered was there were a lot (lots & lots) of from scratch ideas for the little oven, but they were still lacking healthier ingredients. After all even our sweets we use healthful quality products. Baking with the Easy Bake Oven can be a great time to teach your child that even sweets can be made better.

I have adapted some of our favorite recipes & wanted to share them here for those in search of healthier alternatives to use in the Easy Bake Oven so you can teach your kids better eating habits.

Ingredients:

For baking in the Easy Bake oven we use the same quality, healthful ingredients I have shared in recipe after recipe here on my blog (my recipes category).

Sugar: I use Organic Whole sugar that is unbleached when I use actual sugar, we also sometimes combine other natural sweeteners or just use a natural sweetener other than sugar such as Yacon syrup, Raw honey, molasses &/or Real maple syrup for these recipes. If you decide to use a liquid sweetener such as Yacon, raw honey, Pure maple syrup or Molasses add a bit extra dry ingredients &/or a bit less of other wet ingredients.

Flour: I use Organic Einkorn Flour or another organic flour.

Shortening or Oil: I use Coconut oil, Organic Palm oil or Palm Shortening.


Milk (or water): I  use Almond milk, raw milk, goat milk , coconut milk or water.

Frosting: Go to my blog post here & I have 2 frosting recipes, Simple buttercream frosting & Simple Shortening frosting.

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Easy Bake Oven Recipes:

Basic cake mix:
  • 2 tbsp of flour of choice
  • 1 Tbsp of sugar
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp oil or shortening of choice
  • Tiny pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp of milk of choice or water if you prefer
  • Preheat the oven while you mix the ingredients well, grease a little Easy Bake oven pan, add the mixture & bake 12 to 15 minutes. You can add nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips etc into the mix, get creative. Add flavor extracts of choice by using more dry ingredients to compensate.
Chocolate cake mix:
  • 2 tbsp of flour of choice
  • 1 Tbsp of sugar
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp Organic Cocoa powder
  • 3/4 tsp oil or shortening of choice
  • Tiny pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp of milk of choice or water if you prefer
  • Preheat the oven while you mix the ingredients well, grease a little Easy Bake oven pan, add the mixture & bake 12 to 15 minutes. You can add nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips etc into the mix, get creative.
Brownie recipe:
  • 2 tbsp of flour of choice
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp oil of choice
  • 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of organic vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp Organic Cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp of water
  • 1 tsp milk of choice
  • Optional: use chocolate syrup instead of water & milk.
  • Preheat the oven while you mix the ingredients well, grease a little Easy Bake oven pan, add the mixture & bake 15 minutes +or-. You can add nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips etc into the mix, get creative.
Pizza:
  • 2 tbsp flour of choice
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tsp oil, shortening or soft butter
  • 2 tsp of milk of choice (more or less)
  • 1 tbsp homemade sauce (or buy pizza sauce)
  • Shredded cheese of choice (2 to 3 tbsp)
  • Preheat oven for 15 minutes, combine dry ingredients then cut in oil while kneading, while kneading add the milk slowly, you may not need it all or you may need a bit more, you want a play dough like consistency. Then roll out dough & add to greased small pan. Make sure to cover bottom & up sides of pan, then add your sauce & Cheese. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
Sourdough crust Pizza:
  • 2 tbsp flour of choice
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tsp oil, shortening or soft butter
  • 2 tsp of sourdough starter
  • 1 tbsp homemade sauce (or buy pizza sauce)
  • Shredded cheese of choice (2 to 3 tbsp)
  • Combine dry ingredients then cut in oil while kneading, while kneading add the sourdough starter slowly, you may not need it all or you may need a bit more, you want a play dough like consistency, then sit in a bowl covered 15 minutes to an hour to rise (preheat oven 15 minutes). Then roll out dough & add to greased small pan. Make sure to cover bottom & up sides of pan, then add your sauce & Cheese. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.

In Closing:

The more we tweak Easy Bake Oven recipes we find online to fit our healthier eating & baking lifestyle I will update this blog post with our favorite ides.

The Easy Bake oven is a great teaching tool for helping kids to learn to bake creativity & teaching them how important healthful ingredients really are. The easy Bake Oven fits very well into our Homeschool teaching or just for fun.

Make your own Easy Bake Oven Mix recipes, healthier & from scratch - Homemade Mixes
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