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| New minister's son has a peanut allergy, so we've all been instructed NOT to bring dishes containing nuts to any church function. Really puts a cramp in MY baking style, but oh, well.
Instead of brownies, I'd like to have some other pick-up dessert kids like as much. Of course, grown-ups should like it too! chery2 |
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- Posted by bumblebeez (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 07 at 13:38
| Cupcakes are always popular. |
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| Lemon Bars. |
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- Posted by fearlessem (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 07 at 15:57
| Rice Krispie treats! Kids love them, adults love them, and they're super easy... I just made some the other day for DH and I, and could hardly stop eating them... Emily |
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| i'm nota up on my allergies ... but why would an allergy to the peanut, which is not a nut, preclude other nuts? |
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 07 at 16:56
| Kids might like the cupcakes more but here's the lemon bar recipe I always use: LEMON BARS DELUXE KILLER CUPCAKES (makes 20-22) Preheat oven to 350°. Line standard muffin tins w/paper cupcake liners. In the top part of a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate w/the vanilla & butter. In a large bowl, beat the eggs until thick & add the sugar. Beat in the flour. Fold in the butter-chocolate mixture. Spoon into the prepared tins, filling the cups 2/3 full. Filling: Mix the cream cheese, sugar, egg & salt until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop a rounded teaspoon of filling onto the top of each cupcake. Bake 30 minutes.~~ San Francisco Encore |
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| kayskats, regarding your question " ... but why would an allergy to the peanut, which is not a nut, preclude other nuts?", there are an extreme number of people who are allergic to peanuts. Yes, it is a legume, but definitely an irritant to enough people that many schools will ban children from eating anything with peanut butter or peanuts in their cafeterias, or have a segregated table. I have a friend who is deadly allergic to peanuts and shrimp, and if she touches the counter top where her kids may have made a peanut butter sandwich, her throat closes up. She no longer allows anything with peanuts in her house. My granddaughter, on the other hand, can eat peanut butter to her heart's content, but she is allergic to all tree nuts and breaks out in hives over her whole body if she comes in contact with them. |
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- Posted by teresa_nc7 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 07 at 23:34
| I'd go with cupcakes also - you could even do mini cupcakes baked in a mini muffin pan. At my office, I have one person who is allergic to peanuts, but can have walnuts, pecans, or almonds. This is an adult, of course. Here is a link to a good stuffed cupcake recipe from Emeril. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Emeril's Ooey Gooey Stuffed Cupcakes
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| As a kid I adored graham crackers with chocolate frosting between them. |
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| biz lady ... my question had nothing to do with allergies to peanuts ... anaphylactic shock -- the most serious reaction -- is dangerous. I was asking about pecans, walnuts, etc which ARE nuts and many people use in recipes. Peanuts are a legume. So why the ban on all nuts. I checked peanut allergy on Mayo Clinc's web site and they did not make any cross reference to other nuts. If I'm wrong, I'd really like to know. -=- Kay |
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| I believe it's because you can never be too sure that a bag of nuts won't have been propcessed in a plant that also processed peanuts. As to dessert....how about Texas sheet cake? It's easy, feeds a lot of people and is delieious. And as someone who does a lot of church meals calling for dontate desserts, I HATE cupcakes! They always have that paper thing and the cake always leaves crumbs when you remove it and the kids treat them like finger food like a cookie and then you find those papers with frosting remnants everywhere! Cupcakes are easy to make and take, fun to eat and easy to serve but a pain to clean up after! Texas sheet cake ICING-BRING ALL INGREDIENTS TO BOIL EXCEPT PECANS 1/2 CUP BUTTER OR MARGERINE |
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| thanks LindaC ... now that I think about it, some processors might also use peanut oil in roasting nuts. -kay |
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Sun, Aug 26, 07 at 4:18
| Yeah, crumbs are a real pain to clean up at a PICNIC. :) |
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- Posted by jackiwolfe (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 07 at 13:35
| Maybe they said "no nuts, period" because that's easier than getting into "tree nuts are okay, but not peanuts." I know some people are just plain not good listeners! They'd get the "nuts are okay" part and not the "NO PEANUTS" part. Moving on, here's something different that people who are wanting something lighter will appreciate amid the sea of brownies and cookies: Harvest Pumpkin Dip INGREDIENTS It probably would be a good idea to place the serving bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice if you're serving it at a picnic. |
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