If you own an Easy Bake Oven, this book is basically mandatory. The standard toy mixes are expensive and, frankly, pretty gross. This cookbook turns a gimmick toy into a legitimate teaching tool by showing kids how to measure flour, crack eggs, and understand timing.

It’s a low-stakes way to let them fail and succeed in the kitchen without you worrying they’ll burn the house down. It's not high literature, but for a Saturday afternoon activity, it beats another hour of mindless YouTube scrolling.