Caramel Apple Dip

Today, Katherine and I made caramel dip for apples!!  We wanted to do it ourselves so we bought a bag of individually wrapped caramel candies and saw there was a recipe on the back of the bag for making the dip.  All you had to do was unwrap the candies and melt them over medium low heat with a little water!  Katherine unwrapped the caramels and did all the stirring.  Then, we used a spatula to put it into a bowl, sliced some green apples, and DIPPED!!  It was so delicious but hot at first!  Then, as the rest of the caramel dip sat out after that, it hardened so we will have to warm it in the microwave before we dip again :)  We had fun making this special treat and want to share a few photos now.

Egg-Free Birthday Treats for friends with allergies

Hello! Last school year in 1st grade and again this year in 2nd grade, Katherine has a classmate with a severe egg allergy. This also happened when she was in preschool and was turning 5. Katherine is a kind young girl who wanted none of here classmates to be excluded from enjoying her birthday treat. She and I began researching ways to make some of our favorite birthday treats like cupcakes and cookie cakes without using eggs. Here are a couple ways we found to do just that! And I am happy to say they both turned out delicious, and all of the classmates were able to celebrate Katherine and enjoy a special treat 

For her 5th birthday, Katherine wanted chocolate cupcakes. We used a Devils Food cake mix and substituted 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce for the egg. The cupcakes turned out so moist and delicious that the next few times we made this recipe we substituted applesauce for the egg even though we did not have to.

For her 7th birthday, we decided to have a cookie cake. This time we made an egg substitute by mixing 1 Tablespoon ground flax seed meal with 3 Tablesoons water and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Then, we used this in the cookie cake dough instead of the egg. The cookie cake was superb!!

So if you or your child has an egg allergy or knows someone who does you can still make birthday treats for them to enjoy and expect wonderful results!!