These recipes are really for Kids Easy Bake Ovens, but would work for when you want just a few homemade cookies, or a cupcake or 2!

These recipes for Easy Bake Oven "Made from scratch" recipes were published in our local newspaper, The Akron Beacon Journal, and were supposedly from the original cookbooks that came with the oven years ago. They are fun to make up ahead as gifts for young ladies that still use the oven, by mixing all the dry ingredients and put them in a ziplock sandwich bag. Don't forget to include instructions on what to add, and how to prepare. They are also a lot cheaper than buying the mixes if you have a young person who still uses the oven!

Chocolate Cake

6 tsp. flour
4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cocoa
3/4 tsp. shortening
pinch of salt
6 tsp. milk

Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cocoa and shortening. Stir in milk until smooth. Pour into a greased pan. Bake in Easy Bake oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

3 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. shortening
6 tsp. flour
1/8 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. milk
12 to 15 chocolate bits

Cream together sugar and shortening. Blend in flour, baking powder, and vanilla. Stir in milk. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by half teaspoonfuls on well greased pan, allowing room to spread. Bake 5 minutes. Makes 12 to 15 cookies.

Snow Mounds

6 tsp. shortening or soft butter
3 tsp. confectioners sugar
1/8 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup flour
dash of salt
2 tbsp. finely chopped walnuts
confectioners sugar for rolling

Cream together butter and 3 teaspoons confectioners sugar. Blend in vanilla, flour and salt. Add walnuts and mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls. Place 3 balls onto well greased Easy-Bake pan. Flatten slightly. Bake 5 minutes. When cool, roll in confectioners sugar. Makes 10 to 12 cookies.