Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Ingredient Notes 2
Making a Welcoming Baking Space 5
Baking Basics and Tips 6
Baking with Kids 9
Food Preparation and Serving with Regard to Allergens 9
Holidays and Other Occasions Made Easy 10
Breakfast 10
Morning play group 10
Play dates 11
School snacks 11
School party 12
Birthday party 12
Eating out 13
Athletic activities 14
Tea 14
Entertaining/Pot lucks 15
Holidays 15
Valentines Day 15
Purim 15
Easter 15
Passover 15
Halloween 15
Thanksgiving 16
Christmas 16
Key of Grains, Gluten, and Sugar iv, 16
Amaranth=Am
Barley = Ba
Buckwheat = Bu
Corn = Co
Quinoa = Qu
Rice = Ri (besides rice milk)
Spelt (note: spelt is in the wheat family) = Sp
Sorghum = So
Oats (note: oats in the may contain traces of wheat) = Oa
Can be prepared Gluten Free = GF
Can be prepared GF if flour bag is labeled that way (see p. 3) = GF*
Little or no white sugar = LNS
Optional alternative to other grain = ( )
Recipes by Type of Treat
Breakfast Treats: 18
Apple buckwheat pancakes Ba, Bu, (Qu), LNS, , (Qu, Ri, Bu, GF*) 18
Blueberry scokiemuffs Ba, Oa 20
Donuts SP 22
French toast (Your choice), LNS 26
Granola Ri, Oa, GF* 27
Cranberry granola Oa, GF* 28
Quick pancakes Sp, LNS 29
Quick blueberry pancakes Sp, LNS 30
Quick waffles Sp, LNS 30
Quick blueberry waffles Sp, LNS 30
Muffins, Quick Breads, and Tea Cakes: 31
Apple muffins Sp 32
Apple oat cereal muffins Sp, Oa, LNS 33
Apple rice cereal muffins Ri, So, GF, LNS 34
Blueberry muffins Sp, (Oa, Ba) 35
Carrot spice muffins and bread Ri, So, GF 36
Chocolate chip banana muffins Ri, So, GF 37
Cranberry muffins Sp, Oa 38
Peach muffins Sp 39
Pumpkin muffins [Ba,Oa, (Bu, Am, Ri, GF*)] 40
Banana bread Sp, (Ba, Oa) 41
Banana rice bread Ri, So, GF 42
Corn Bread So, Co, GF, LNS 43
Zucchini carrot Corn Bread Co, So, GF, LNS 44
Cranberry bread Sp, Oa 45
Peach bread Ba, Oa, (Sp) 46
Nectarine Bread, Mango Bread, and Apple Bread Ba, Oa 47
Wholesome zucchini carrot bread Sp, Qu, Ri, LNS 48
Zucchini bread Sp 49
Tea hee hee cake Sp, LNS 50
Snack Bars and Brownies: 51
Apricot oat bars Ba, Oa 52
Apricot oat trail bars Ba, Oa 53
Bradley bars Oa, Ri, GF* 53
Chocolate brownies Sp, (Ba), (Oa) 54
Raisindoras Sp, (flour of choice) 55
Sweet cranberry crisps Ri, GF 56
Cookies: 57
Banana chip cookies Ri, So, GF 58
Bunuelos Sp 60
Quick Bunuelos Sp, (Ri), (Co), GF 61
Chocolate chip cookies Sp, (Ri), (So), (GF) 63
Chocolate chocolate chip cookies Sp 64
Soft chocolate chocolate chip cookies Sp 64
Crunchy chocolate chocolate chip cookies Sp 66, 67
Crunchy chocolate cookies Sp 68
Chocolate wafer cookies Sp 68
Chocolate jam sandwich cookies Sp 68
Cranberry oatmeal cookies Oa, GF* 69
Donut cookies Sp 70
Gingerbread people Ri, Bu, GF*, (Sp) 73
Ginger cookies Sp 75
Hamentashen Sp 76
Jam cookies Sp 79
Maple raisin cookies Ba, Oa, (Ba, Ri) 80
Oatmeal raisin cookies Oa, GF* 81
Orange raisin cookies So, Ri, GF* 82
Peachy Passover cookies Sp 83
Vanilla cookies Ri, Qu, GF* 86
Sugar cookies/Decorated cookies Sp, Ri 84
Cake and Ice Cream: 87
Birthday cakes and cupcakes: 88
Chocolate birthday cake or cupcakes Sp 88
Rich chocolate birthday cake or cupcakes So, Ri, GF 90
Vanilla birthday cake or cupcakes Ba, Oa, (So) 92
Vanilla pear birthday cake or cupcakes Sp 93
Yellow birthday cake or cupcakes Sp, (Ba), (Ri, Bu, Qu, GF*) 94
Ice cream treats: 96
Vanilla rice milk ice cream GF 96
Chocolate rice milk ice cream GF 96
Peach (or other fruit) rice milk ice cream GF 97
Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches Sp 97
Ice cream sandwiches Sp 97
Garden surprise Sp, (flour of choice) 98
(R)ice cream cake Sp, (flour of choice) 99
Cakes for entertaining and holidays: 101
Carrot pineapple cake Ba, Oa, LNS 101
Chocolate fudge cake Sp 102
Easter egg cake Sp, (Ba) 103
Gingerbread Sp 104
Gingerbread #2 Qu, Bu, Ri, GF* 105
Glazed blueberry cake Ba, Oa 106
Lemon cake Ri, GF 107
Snowman cake (flour of choice) 108
Strawberry shortcake Ri, GF 111
Valentines Day cake Sp, (flour of choice) 113
Vanilla cake with blueberry peach sauce Sp 114
Frostings and Sauces: 116
Chocolate sauces and frostings: GF 116
Chocolate frosting GF 116, 117
Chocolate sauce GF 116, 117
Hot fudge and Fudge frosting GF 116, 118
Chocolate spread GF 116, 118
Gingerbread frosting GF 119
Lemon icing and frosting GF 119
Maple frosting GF 120
Orange frosting GF 120
Creamy white frosting GF 121
Vanilla icing and frosting GF 121
Vanilla fudge frosting GF 122
Fruit icing and frosting GF 122
Blueberry peach sauce GF 122
Cherry (or other fruit) syrup GF 123
Fruit glaze GF 124
Strawberry sauce GF 124
Crisps, Cobbler, Pudding, and Pies: 125
Apple (and peach) crisp Oa, GF* 126
Peach cobbler Ba, Oa 128
Upside-down pear gingerbread Ri, So, GF 130
Rice pudding GF, LNS 132
Oatmeal pie crust Oa, GF* 133
Super quick pie crust (choice of flour), (GF) 133
Pie crust Sp, Oa, Ri 134
Apple pie (filling) Oa,GF*, (Potato, GF) 136
Blueberry pie (filling) Sp, (Ba) 137
Cherry pie (filling) Oa (Sp/any), (GF), LNS 138
Pumpkin pie (filling) GF, LNS 139
Quick pumpkin pie (filling) GF, LNS 140
How to Contact Gaks Snacks 141
Reducing or Increasing the Recipe Size, Made Easy:
Quantity Conversion Chart 142
Index 143