Kid-Friendly Fourth of July Recipes

Celebrating US Independence Day

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Pizza Crusts (6" size), homemade or store-bought, Brandy (optional), Sugar, divided, Sugar, PLUS, Blueberries...view the recipe

American Flag Cookies

Serves/Makes: 24 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Margarine, Egg white -- whipped, Pure vanilla extract, Unbleached flour, Sugar...view the recipe

Firecracker Cookies

Serves/Makes: 2 dozen Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: ***ICING***, Pieces (2 inches each) red string licorice, Dozen purchased wafer roll cookies (such as Pepperidge Farms Pirouette cookies), Vanilla-flavored almond bark, ***COOKIES***...view the recipe

Firecrackers

Serves/Makes: 8 cakes Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Waxed paper, bag red licorice twists, bag (16-ounce) candy coated milk chocolate pieces, (16-ounce) prepared vanilla frosting, boxed cake mix (16-ounce)...view the recipe

July Fourth Fruit Sparklers

Serves/Makes: 15 kebobs Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: blueberries, washed, strawberries, washed and sliced if large, honeydew melon, cut into 1-inch cubes or balls, Brownies, cut into 1-inch cubes, skewers...view the recipe

Patriotic Dump Cake

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: cherry pie filling, fresh blueberries, pkg. white cake mix, butter, melted, chopped nuts...view the recipe

Patriotic Ice Cream Sundae

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: marshmallow creme, scoops vanilla ice-cream, chopped maraschino cherries, blueberries...view the recipe

Patriotic Milk Shakes

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: strawberry ice cream, milk, strawberry preserves, frozen whipped topping, thawed, fresh blueberries, washed...view the recipe

Patriotic Poke Cake

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: baked 9" round white cake layers -- cooled, boiling water, red raspberry gelatin powder, berry blue gelatin powder, Cool Whip -- thawed...view the recipe

Patriotic Punch Picnic Pops

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: apple juice, strawberries, fresh or frozen, blueberries, fresh or frozen, popsicle molds, paper cups...view the recipe

Red White And Blue Chocolate Cupcakes

Serves/Makes: 2.5 dozen Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Sugar, All-purpose flour, baking Cocoa, Baking powder, Baking soda...view the recipe

Red White And Blue Refresher

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: blueberries, sliced strawberries, pineapple or lemon sherbert, white grape juice...view the recipe

Red, White and Blue Rocket Popsicles for 4 of July

Serves/Makes: 6 Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: red juice (red raspberry, cherry, cranberry), blue juice (blue Kool Aid, Gatorade, blue raspberry), white juice (lemonade, coconut juice drink), red string licorice for fuse, paper cups...view the recipe

Red, White And Blueberry Banana Parfaits

Serves/Makes: 2 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: ripe bananas, blueberries, sliced strawberries, Whipped cream...view the recipe

Red, White, And Blue Ribbon Cookies

Serves/Makes: 3 dozen Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: red food color (or as needed), (18 ounces size) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, blue food color (or as needed)...view the recipe

Rocket Pops

Serves/Makes: 16 Cook Time: > 2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: boiling water, divided, (4-serving size) Jell-O Brand Gelatin, any red flavor, sugar, divided, cold water, divided, Ice cubes...view the recipe

Star Spangle Pie

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: lemon juice, (8 oz) tub whipped topping, thawed, rainbow chip cookies, chopped, confetti sprinkles, sugar...view the recipe

Stars `n Stripes Cookie Squares

Serves/Makes: 2 dozen Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: (18 oz.) refrigerated sugar cookies, chilled, (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened, powdered sugar, grated lemon or orange peel, blueberries...view the recipe

Uncle Sam's Hats

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: bag candy coated milk chocolate pieces (you'll use the red and blue ones), Cake ice cream cones, Sugar cookies, White ready-made frosting...view the recipe