I love to bake, so I tried a lot of baking with my kids when they were little. I found that it wasn't really a great experience until they had reached 4 or so. They could help out a lot more then, and participate. I always let them eat raw dough, because that's half the fun of baking! I felt that the raw egg risk is very minimal (compared to potential frustration of keeping them away from the dough or batter) (Don't tell anyone, but I let Amelia lick the cake batter whisk for the first time when we made that birthday cake! -Allison)

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