Dealing with any food allergy is a challenge, especially when you find yourself coping with more than one of the common food allergens: gluten, wheat, dairy, or eggs, as well as soy, corn, tree nuts, or peanuts. Food writer and critic Laurie Sadowski delivers recipes that are gluten-free, vegan, and healthful with a few indulgences, classic essentials, and everything in between. In The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread proves that restricted ingredients do not equal restricted diets. These recipes have universal appeal and are everyone's favorites: rich sweet breads, muffins cinnamon rolls, and doughnuts, as well as tasty crackers, biscuits, tortillas, and soft, hearty yeast breads, rolls, pitas, bagels, and pizza crusts. Also provided is information on how to interpret ingredient labels, keep food allergens out of your environment, and get all the nutrients you need on a specialized diet along with essential information on gluten-free flours, stocking a gluten-free pantry, and how to make substitutions for milk, eggs, butter, and other problem ingredients.

A follow-up and companion to The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread, this book is designed for anyone who needs to avoid gluten, dairy products, and other common food allergens but doesn't want to feel deprived. Now those with food sensitivities can fearlessly indulge in rich cakes, moist cupcakes, tender cookies, gooey bars, and crunchy biscotti. These sweet treats are perfect for everyday snacks, fun celebrations, morning brunch, and everything in between. Laurie explains how to interpret food labels, prevent cross-contamination, and make ingredient substitutions, and provides detailed information on gluten-free flours and other essential ingredients for an allergy-free kitchen. All recipes indicate whether they re free of dairy, eggs, gluten, nightshades, soy, wheat, legumes, nuts, peanuts, seeds, or yeast. Especially helpful for people with celiac disease, families living with autism or ADHD, and anyone who wants to avoid animal-based foods, The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Cakes and Cookies provides guidance and recipes for those who want to eat safely, compassionately, and nutritiously, without sacrificing a single crumb of delicious flavor.

Free to Eat Sweets! The number of people with food allergies is skyrocketing, leaving puzzled cooks and anxious parents eager to find recipes for “normal” foods that are both safe and delicious. The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook features 100 tried-and-true recipes that are completely free of all ingredients responsible for 90 percent of food allergies, sparing bakers the all-too-common frustration of having to make unsatisfactory substitutions or rework recipes entirely. To make things even easier, energized and empathetic mom Cybele Pascal demystifies alternative foodstuffs and offers an insider’s advice about choosing safe products and sources for buying them. As the head baker for a food-allergic family, food writer Pascal shares her most in-demand treats and how to make them work without allergenic ingredients. Her collection includes a delightfully familiar array of sweets and savory goodies that are no longer off-limits, from Glazed Vanilla Scones, Cinnamon Rolls, and Lemon-Lime Squares to Chocolate Fudge Brownies, Red Velvet Cake, and every kid’s favorite: Pizza. In addition to being a lifeline for people with food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances, these entirely vegan recipes are perfect for anyone looking to avoid artificial and refined ingredients, and those interested in baking with healthful new gluten-free flours such as quinoa, sorghum, and amaranth. Best of all, Pascal has fine-tuned each recipe to please the palates of the most exacting critics: her young sons. Lennon and Monte like these tasty treats even better than their traditional counterparts, and you will too!

Dealing with any food allergy is a challenge, especially when you find yourself coping with more than one of the common food allergens: gluten, wheat, dairy, or eggs, as well as soy, corn, tree nuts, or peanuts. Food writer and critic Laura Sadowski delivers recipes that are gluten-free, vegan, and healthful with a few indulgences, classic essentials, and everything in between. In The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread proves that restricted ingredients do not equal restricted diets. These recipes have universal appeal and are everyone's favorites: rich sweet breads, muffins cinnamon rolls, and doughnuts, as well as tasty crackers, biscuits, tortillas, and soft, hearty yeast breads, rolls, pitas, bagels, and pizza crusts. Also provided is information on how to interpret ingredient labels, keep food allergens out of your environment, and get all the nutrients you need on a specialized diet along with essential information on gluten-free flours, stocking a gluten-free pantry, and how to make substitutions for milk, eggs, butter, and other problem ingredients.

The complete cookbook for gluten free bakers Staying gluten free no longer means missing out on delicious baked goods. With more than 100 recipes and a comprehensive guide to baking success, this is the only gluten free cookbook you'll need to create your favorite breads, cakes, and confections--without the gluten. Start things off with a detailed look into the science of gluten free baking before moving on to a giant collection of recipes perfect for all tastes and occasions. Whether you're in the mood for something quick, indulgent, simple, or showstopping, this gluten free cookbook has got you covered. This definitive gluten free cookbook features: 100+ Sweet and savory recipes--From S'mores Cookies and Carrot Cake to Garlic Butter Breadsticks and Everything Bagels, discover a massive variety of baked goods sure to satisfy every craving in this gluten free cookbook. Gluten free guidelines--Discover the gluten free cookbook that helps you fill up on essential information about how to pick, blend, and measure the right gluten free flours and starches so your recipes turn out perfectly time and again. Dairy substitutions--For the many gluten free bakers who also have dairy intolerances, find dairy free options alongside ingredients like milk, butter, and cream in every recipe. Grab this gluten free cookbook so you can change the way you bake without giving up all the tastes you love.

A crash course for busy parents on baking without wheat, gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, or nuts Has your child been diagnosed with food allergies? If so, help is here! Colette Martin has been there too: When her son Patrick was diagnosed with multiple food allergies in 2001, she had to learn all-new ways to feed him—and especially to make baked goods that he both could and would eat. Learning to Bake Allergen-Free is the book Colette Martin wishes she had back then. She ingeniously presents a dozen manageable lessons that will arm parents to prepare allergen-free baked goods the entire family can enjoy together. The book features: • More than 70 recipes (including variations) sure to become family staples—for muffins, rolls, breads, cookies, bars, scones, cakes, tarts, pizza, and pies— starting with the easiest techniques and adding new skills along the way • Clear explanations of the most common allergens and gluten, with all the details you need on which substitutions work, and why • Hundreds of simple tips for adapting recipes and troubleshooting as you go • Detailed guidelines and more than 15 recipes for making allergen-free treats from packaged gluten-free baking mixes • Special crash courses focused on key ingredients and techniques, including sweetening options, decorating a cake simply but superbly, kicking everyday recipes up a notch, and much more! Whether you already love to bake or are a kitchen novice, Learning to Bake Allergen-Free will give you the knowledge, skills, recipes, and confidence to make food that your family can safely eat—and that they’ll love!

A crash course for busy parents on baking without wheat, gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, or nuts Has your child been diagnosed with food allergies? If so, help is here! Colette Martin has been there too: When her son Patrick was diagnosed with multiple food allergies in 2001, she had to learn all-new ways to feed him—and especially to make baked goods that he both could and would eat. Learning to Bake Allergen-Free is the book Colette Martin wishes she had back then. She ingeniously presents a dozen manageable lessons that will arm parents to prepare allergen-free baked goods the entire family can enjoy together. The book features: • More than 70 recipes (including variations) sure to become family staples—for muffins, rolls, breads, cookies, bars, scones, cakes, tarts, pizza, and pies— starting with the easiest techniques and adding new skills along the way • Clear explanations of the most common allergens and gluten, with all the details you need on which substitutions work, and why • Hundreds of simple tips for adapting recipes and troubleshooting as you go • Detailed guidelines and more than 15 recipes for making allergen-free treats from packaged gluten-free baking mixes • Special crash courses focused on key ingredients and techniques, including sweetening options, decorating a cake simply but superbly, kicking everyday recipes up a notch, and much more! Whether you already love to bake or are a kitchen novice, Learning to Bake Allergen-Free will give you the knowledge, skills, recipes, and confidence to make food that your family can safely eat—and that they’ll love!