In my house, you didn’t enter the kitchen when mom was cooking. Our meddlesome kiddy fingers were always getting into the wrong things. So, we turned our curious culinary minds to the Easy-Bake Oven.

Five to eight year olds will love being able to cook by themselves with this foolproof oven; just don't use the Easy-Bake branded mixes. I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I've ...