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Super-Easy Christmas Cookies
A lot of ready-made doughs (like some Pillsbury and Nestle brands) contain potential allergens. This recipe, based on my Grandma Mary’s classic Christmas cookies, is almost as easy as slice and bake dough—and yet it’s much, much tastier. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are so easy and they taste like bakery butter cookies. Get cooking...
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream (egg-free, nut-free)
Reader-submitted
Submitted by "Nut-Free Mom" blogger Jenny Kales: "Since many commercial ice creams may pose cross-contact risk for nut allergies, I find myself making a lot of my own ice cream these days. This recipe was inspired by the "limited-edition" ice cream flavors you see in the supermarket during the holidays." Get cooking...
Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes
Turn your basic chocolate cupcake with white frosting into a perfect winter treat. TIP: To speed up the process, make the snowmen toppers while the cupcakes bake. Get cooking...
Creepy Crawly Crackers
Not all Halloween goodies have to be loaded with sugar. When these creepy-crawlers get onto your kids’ plates, they’ll vanish in no time. Get cooking...
Snowballs
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This is my all-time favorite Christmas cookie recipe. I came up with this recipe to replace the powdered-sugar coated pecan cookies that my grandmother used to make. Get cooking...
Frankenstein Monster Toe Cookies
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Allergy-friendly! These make a great addition to any Halloween celebration. The original recipe calls for dyed almonds as the “toenails,” but because of my daughter’s nut allergy, I substituted colorful jelly beans and most kids seem to prefer my version, allergies or not.
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Nut-Free Easy Bake Oven Mix
Reader-submitted
The baking mixes that come with Easy Bake and other kid ovens normally carry peanut and tree nut allergy warnings, so we have been unable to use those. Luckily, we found a self-published book online that featured "homemade" recipes for "little oven" treats. Besides being nut allergy-friendly, making your own recipes offers your kid without all the chemicals and they're much more affordable, too.
Here is one of my kids’ favorite recipes -- we tweaked it a little from the original and it works great. Get cooking...
Nut-Free Cinnamon Streusel Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Reader-submitted
Sour cream coffee cakes are so rich and delicious, but they usually feature a nut-filled topping. I came up with a delicious nut-free alternative—brown sugar and cinnamon streusel. Get cooking...
Nut-Free Banana Bread
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One reader commented recently that this is the best banana bread recipe she ever tried. It is so moist and delicious and unlike many banana bread recipes, it contains no tree nuts. And you won’t miss them! Get cooking...
Egg Salad with a Twist
This bread-less take on an class egg salad sandwich is perfect for those with gluten allergies...or the rest of us, when we run out of bread. Dijon mustard adds an optional kick. Get cooking...
