Kids will love to help out in the kitchen with these easy apple recipes. From pastry-topped pies to fruity breakfast bowls, we have plenty of easy yet inspiring ideas for children to enjoy. Roll up your little one’s sleeves, pop a mini apron on, and let’s get cooking!

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Little toffee apple cake

This simple sponge loaf cake with a cleverly concealed toffee centre is a great way to help kids gain some baking confidence. It's the perfect recipe for kids aged 8-14 to tackle with minimal supervision – we've written the instructions with this age range in mind. Younger children can help grate the apple, mix the batter and pour into the cake tin – and they'll love tucking into the end results!

Little toffee apple cake

Apple pie

An apple pie in a baking dish

Challenge kids to practice their pastry-making skills with this comforting classic, topped with a homemade shortcrust lid. Children can help to measure out the ingredients and rub the butter into the flour – encourage them to notice how it changes texture, and recognise that they can stop when it resembles breadcrumbs. If you have some small cookie cutters or a blunt knife, unleash your kids' creativity with any excess pastry – they can mould and shape it as a decoration for the top of the pie.

Apple pie

Spiced carrot & apple muffins

Spiced carrot and apple muffins in a baking tray

Pick up one of these marvellous muffins as an on-the-go breakfast or mid-morning snack. Kids can measure out ingredients and help mix the batter, as well as spooning it into the muffin cases – it doesn't have to be perfect. This is a really versatile recipe you can adapt with dried fruit, chopped nuts or seeds – why not let your little one put on their chef's hat and decide?

Spiced carrot & apple muffins

Baked apples

A baked apple on a plate

Kids as young as three can help to make this super-easy, fruity dessert with just a little help from a grown-up. If you have an apple corer, kids can prepare the apples. Help them to stir up a mixture of sultanas, muscovado sugar, and cinnamon before packing into the apples and finishing with a blob of butter. It couldn't be easier!

Baked apples

The best apple crumble

Apple crumble in a baking dish

This popular pudding is a great one for kids to add to their repertoire. Younger children may need a hand preparing the apples, but they can help arrange them in the dish, rub in the butter and layer up the toppings – we've included a buttery crumble topping and finished with a sprinkle of oats and sugar.

Prefer to go plant-based? We also have a vegan version that's just as easy to make.

The best apple crumble

Sticky toffee apple pudding

Sticky toffee apple pudding in a bowl

Got a sticky toffee apple fan on your hands? They'll love to help make this indulgent dessert. A supervisor will need to create the toffee topping, but you can ask children to arrange the apples in the dish, as well as mixing the sponge batter, spooning it on top and smoothing it down. It's a magical dessert to create with children – they'll be amazed at how the gooey caramel sauce pools at the bottom when you serve it.

Sticky toffee apple pudding

Blackberry & apple oat bake

Blackberry & apple oat bake

This fruity oat bake makes for an extra-special autumnal breakfast, and it looks really impressive once it's done. Little ones will enjoy crushing the cooked apples with a fork, mixing in the other ingredients and arranging in a baking dish – you can pop it in the oven for them. When it's time to serve up, let them choose between milk or yogurt and add a drizzle of maple syrup.

Blackberry & apple oat bake

Apple crumble sundae

Apple crumble sundae

This budget-friendly family dessert is a real showstopper – one that kids can be really proud to serve up. Get them to measure out the ingredients and crush up the biscuits before the best bit – layering up the sundaes in glasses or bowls with all the artistic flair they can muster. A word of warning – you may well unleash a mini Masterchef contestant in the making.

Apple crumble sundae

Bircher muesli with apple & banana

Bircher muesli with apple & banana

These easy breakfast bowls can be made the night before and stashed in the fridge ready for the morning – they'll be extra creamy. Children can measure out the oats, chopped nuts, seeds and yogurt, and top with the extra ingredients before tucking in. If you have a blunt knife, encourage kids to slice up the bananas too.

Bircher muesli with apple & banana

Halloween apple & strawberry pie

Halloween apple and strawberry pie

If you're looking for some ghoulishly good fun around Halloween, this spine-chilling fruity pie is sure to delight your little ones. Children can help to spread the pre-made puff pastry with strawberry jam, arrange the apple slices, and fold the pastry strips to create a spooky 'mummy' effect – it doesn't need to be neat, we're going for the eerie look! We've opted to include clever icing 'eyes', but of course you could leave these out if you're making it at another time of year.

Halloween apple & strawberry pie

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