The Itty Bitty Bakers Blog

How to bake mini pies in mason jar lids, with recipes and tips by Itty Bitty Bakers teacher Kayla Johnson, Huntsville/Madison, AL.

These mini funfetti cakes would be perfect for a bake sale!

Summer-fy your basic chocolate chip cookie recipe by making is s'mores!

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson is a favorite at my house; and Mouse’s favorite food (Gruffalo crumble) was begging to be made.

These hearty, mildly-sweet muffins made with whole wheat flour are a muffin you can feel good about.

Some people call these baked pancakes, or pancake bowls, or Dutch babies. I'm calling them Baked Pancake Bowls because that fits well with our If You Give a Mouse a Cookie baking camp. No matter what you call it, the end product is simple and delicious. You can eat it as a breakfast, snack, or dessert.

My son Luke's favorite thing for him and I to make together is Pineapple Upside Down Cake. If your child isn't a big fan of frosting or if you don't want them to have the sugar load of frosting, this is a great option. Luke and I have made Pineapple Upside Down Cake in a 8-inch round cake pan, 12-cavity muffin pan, and a 6-cavity jumbo muffin pan. We've also made them with regular yellow cake mix, gluten-free yellow cake mix, and from scratch. Every time - delicious!

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. It’s a day to celebrate our beautiful planet and the perfect time to teach kids about caring for the environment around them. To celebrate the blue planet, we've rounded up three Earth Day Cookie recipes ranging from EASY, to EASIER, to EASIEST. Check them out below!

Here's a list of U-Pick farms near Birmingham, AL and my favorite recipe for Strawberry Buttermilk Cake!

There are so many things you can do with sugar cookie dough. For this recipe, I recommend using a cookie dough mix and focus more on having kids shape it into cookie cups. Pressing the dough into mini muffin cups is a great motor skill challenge for little hands. This is the kind of recipe that works well with kids under age 10. For older kids, I think they can try to do it on their own, reaching out to parents, if needed.

There is something nostalgic about picking berries in the summer. Whenever I take my kids to a blueberry patch, I am transported to my own c

Get ready for summer outdoor celebrations, and let your kids contribute to the festivities! This recipe is a fun activity plus delicious recipe all rolled into one! To get started, first decide how deep into the baking world you want to go.