Recipes

Very exciting stuff – Casey passed a pineapple challenge a few weeks ago!  He’s been wanting to try it forever but had a reaction as a baby to it.  The day after he passed the challenge he woke up with a terrible bout of the flu.  Because he was ill our allergist...

I wanted a little something quick and fun for a Spring/Easter treat, so enter Carrot Cake Pops! 🥕🧁 A favorite recipe amongst the allergy community is something called Depression Cake, aka Wacky Cake or Crazy Cake.  It is a cake recipe developed during the Depression...

One of the challenges of a dairy/egg allergy or being vegan is the lack of cheesecake options in your life.  Because egg is a very important part of a proper cheesecake’s structure, finding the right balance is super hard.  Add in the lack of dairy and it’s truly a...

Crispy, buttery cookies from the bakery or made at holiday time with a spritz gun are some of the most nostalgic sweets people think about.  A little sprinkle cookie or two logs sandwiched together with jam and dipped in chocolate is New York bakery staple and for...

Whoopie Pies are well known in the New England area and are quite loved.  Whoopie Pies are basically a cake sandwich with a variety of different fillings.  Some claim the filling should have marshmallow crème with sugar and shortening and others that is should be a...

I don’t know how else to say this but…you absolutely MUST try these cookies.  I’m so serious!  If you are not familiar with Hermits, they are a soft and chewy raisin spice cookie.  Yes, a bar is a type of cookie!  It has all the best flavors of the season with...

My cousin Heather makes the most fantastic shortbread from her Scottish grandmother’s recipe.  Everyone else has tried to make it but Heather’s comes out amazing-but she believes it’s her grandma’s 80 year old seasoned pan that she uses for it and I definitely have to...

Over the years I have made literally thousands of ruggelach.  If you are unfamiliar with ruggelach, they are a rolled cookie type mini pastry with different fillings and a tender dough.  I worked at a privately owned hotel for many years and the owners absolutely...

This recipe is a really fun variation of ciabatta bread I posted last year.  I was making French bread style pizza for Casey one day with the ciabatta and my light bulb went off to make the pizzas into mummies for Halloween.  It was an immediate success with the boys...

It’s back to school time…and this year thankfully has a little more normalcy than last year.  With the allowance of after school activities and sports without as many COVID restrictions, we all need a game plan to have the freezer stocked and ready to go. Casey starts...

Let’s make this short and sweet!  Sadly, it’s almost August which means summer is closing out faster than we like.  School starts here on Long Island on September 1st, so the kids go back before Labor Day.  We’re soaking up every possible second and I wanted to make a...

Fun Fact – Casey’s #1 nickname in our family is Casedilla! Just had to put that out there. 😉These Oat Flour Gluten Free Tortillas are one of his most favorite things I make, and the rest of the family loves them as well.  Their name in the house are “Dilla Tillas” in...

I have a great story to tell about how this recipe was born! 💙A few months ago I was in a local supermarket and saw a packet of Homefree vanilla cookies. As you know, I bake everything for Casey, but I always love finding safe prepackaged snacks, especially since he’s...

I am so excited to have had FAACT ask me to be their guest blogger for the July e-newsletter featuring Red, White and Blueberry Top 8 Free Donuts! ❤️🤍💙🍩 If you navigate food allergies, FAACT is an amazing resource for everything from newly diagnosed information,...

This past weekend was my middle son Gabriel’s 7th birthday. I have a tradition in the house that the night before your birthday, after you have gone to sleep, the “Birthday Fairies” come and decorate the house in whatever theme you ask for. Gabriel is a massive...

Happy Food Allergy Awareness Week!  This is the week we get to shine our community on the rest of the world and hopefully bring education and advocacy for the estimated 30 million Americans diagnosed with life threatening food allergies.  That is a staggering number,...

So, real talk, short and sweet.  I’m a mother and what do I want to eat this Sunday on Mother’s Day?  Brownies.  Lots and lots of brownies.  I have a particular Achilles Heel for brownies, blondies and coconut cake (that’s another post in the making altogether 😉) but...

If you are a member of the allergy community, then I am sure you are familiar with FAACT, the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team https://www.foodallergyawareness.org.  They are a phenomenal resource to the food allergy community, and I was honored to be...

Happy 1st birthday to Katie Bakes for Casey 🎉👩🏻‍🍳🎂! It’s hard to believe that I’ve had my little corner of the Internet up and running for a year already, and I love it!  I had the idea for a long time to develop this website-being a pastry chef and having a child...

Growing up Valentine’s Day was always a big deal.  I am the youngest and only girl with two older brothers.  My mom bought little gifts for my brothers and my dad bought me a bigger something than they got!  We had Valentine’s dinner as a family, got treats...

This is a special recipe post for me because it was inspired for my husband Erik’s birthday which was this week.  He LOVES ice cream.  Like, he needs an intervention for it.  My mom is the same way and I think that’s why they’ve been BFF and gang up against me since...

I love cake, I love the holidays, so let’s finish off the season with a beautiful holiday cake, no? ❄️🎄🕎🍰 A favorite recipe amongst the allergy community is something called Depression Cake, aka Wacky Cake or Crazy Cake.  It is a cake recipe developed during the...

I been waiting MONTHS to do this post!  I’m so excited to finally share because I truly believe this recipe is the answer to so many families who want a great roll out cookie recipe, and one that can be tailored to any safe needs.  Now that it’s the holidays, let the...

As I’ve stated MANY times, I’m a proud New York girl born and raised.  I love redoing hometown favorites to make allergy friendly and this one is pretty awesome…traditional black and white cookies! I’ve been using this recipe for years and years and adapted it, doing...

Like most people here on Long Island, September and October means apple and pumpkin picking.  The East End of Long Island has the most amazing farms and wineries that draw people in all summer and fall.  The Orient Point ferry brings visitors from Connecticut for fun...

It’s back to school time…in whatever crazy way it is in these crazy times right now.  Whether your children are in full time, hybrid, virtual/remote or home schooled, everyone still needs breakfast!!  We all need a quick go-to and these pancakes are a snap to put...

One of my favorite things on the planet is a brownie.  I don’t know if I actually trust people who don’t like brownies, to be perfectly honest with you!  Brownies, like cookies, can be very polarizing for those if you get into a debate.  There is Team Fudgy Brownie...

When I was in the 8th grade, my elementary school was lucky enough to be invited to march in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, Ireland.  Living on Long Island and close to New York City our school marched in the big parade up 5th Avenue every year. ...

Granola bars- kids love them, allergy parents hate shopping for them!  Why?  It’s SO HARD to find granola bars that are free from allergens such as tree nut, peanut, wheat and dairy.  For me, finding ones that are seed free on top of all of those others is basically...

I have often asked me as a professional pastry chef what my favorite thing to make is.  I think they’re expecting me to say something like plated desserts, croquembouche, wedding cakes, chocolates, etc.  But actually, my favorite things to make are the basics that...

We have a legitimate Christmas obsession in this family.  I inherited the gene from my mom, who decorated, cooked and shopped herself into a two week-post holiday exhaustion for years.  Our family hosted, and still does, the traditional Italian 7 fish Christmas Eve...

Muffins. Are. Everything!!! It’s been a joke in my family for years how much I love muffins. When I was younger, I used to eat them with a fork and knife to make them last longer. Seriously, I’d eat a muffin for an hour! 🙈. C’mon, it’s a less sugary cupcake for...

Working with pie dough is a scary thing for people, novice or experienced bakers alike. It was one of my toughest days to teach at school because I found everyone was scared of the dough and that led to easy mistakes. Pie dough is like bread, you just have to feel and...

So, my family is very Italian. I grew up with my Nonna living with us and we cooked and baked every day. One of the first things she taught me to make was biscotti. Meaning “twice baked” in Italian, they are crisp…