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Here are six easy cooking projects that will help keep your kids busy over winter break, as well as instill in them an appreciation for culinary arts. We're thinking of making these dishes ourselves over the holidays!

Baked Macaroni and Cheese Cupcakes
Giada De Laurentiis’ take on classic mac and cheese is so kid-friendly that it’s almost impossible for the little guys to resist.

Kids can: fill muffin cups with mac and cheese mixture.

Slow-Cooker Apple Butter
With only a handful of ingredients (and none of them being sugar), this is a simple recipe that tastes delicious on everything from toast to waffles — and perfumes your entire home in the process.

Kids can: toss apple slices into the slow cooker or add spices.

Ina Garten’s Lemon Chicken Breasts
I love cooking the Barefoot Contessa’s recipes with my kids, because she’s so masterful at adding flavor — and these lemon chicken breasts are no exception. What a skill to have!

Kids can: pour the warm liquid into a baking pan and pat the chicken with a paper towel.

Food Processor Sweet Potato-Walnut Muffins
These protein-packed muffins come together in minutes using the food processor. What could be easier than that?

Kids can: add ingredients and operate the on/off switch.

Oven-Baked Apples
A staple in my husband’s home growing up, these rich and gooey treats require only four ingredients to transform the humble apple into your family’s new favorite dessert.

Kids can: fill the apples.

Sweet Potato Oven Fries
Another technique I’d love my kids to master is roasting vegetables. It works for almost anything, from green beans to cauliflower to these sweet potato fries (and when I say “it works,” I mean kids love it). Just add olive oil, salt and a very hot oven.

Kids can: use their hands to mix the sweet potatoes with oil and salt, right on a baking sheet with no need to dirty a separate bowl.

Article Source: Food Network