Enjoy Life's Cookies for Everyone!: 150 Delicious Gluten-Free Treats that are Safe for Most Anyone with Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities [Paperback]

Leslie Hammond (Author), Betsy Laakso (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Enjoy Life's™ Cookies for Everyone! offers allergy-free cookies, brownies and bars that are safe and delicious. With treats such as Caramel-icious Apple Cookies, Bodacious Blondie Swirl Bars, Peppermint Pizzazz Brownies, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Bark, each of the 150 recipes are free of gluten as well as the eight most common allergens, thus taking the guesswork out of determining which recipes are safe—and which are a risk. Culinary expert Leslie Hammond teaches readers how to use naturally allergy-free ingredients and substitutes to add richness, texture, pizzazz and nutritional content to cookies and bars without losing the “yummy” factor. Each recipe is vetted for taste and safety by the Enjoy Life® company, a leader in delicious and healthful allergy-free foods.

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About the Author

Leslie Hammond is a culinary expert who focuses on allergies and allergy-free goods. She volunteers her time to educate the public and create awareness about alternative eating. She lives in Mendocino County, California.

Enjoy Life Natural Brands was founded in 2001 with the mission of making great-tasting allergy-friendly foods that most everyone can eat freely. The company launched the Enjoy Life brand in 2002 with a product line that is free of the eight most common allergens and gluten-free. Learn more about Enjoy Life Natural Brands at www.enjoylifefoods.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592333699
• ISBN-13: 978-1592333691
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cookies

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breath of fresh air!, February 20, 2010

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Peaches Wallace "Kandymom" - See all my reviews

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After making the "Mini-ficent Pancakes" for breakfast this morning, and having my non-allergic husband come in and say, "Which ones are mine?" I was reminded that I had to come and write a review for this book. The pancakes look so appealing, you could not tell the difference between the allergen-free ones and the just add water ones I was also making for the rest of the family.
I have two children with multiple, severe, food allergies, among them wheat, gluten, dairy, soy, and corn, which any allergy mom knows, excludes seemingly all baking ingredients, and many of their usual substitutes. Prior efforts at pancakes and other desserts were so complex (unknown and hard to find long lists of ingredients), time-consuming, and ugly/poor tasting, that it had been a while since I even attempted making any treats for my two "bubble babies" :)
In contrast, this book has simple (few ingredients), easy-to-follow, and tasty recipes that allow you for onces to feel adequate in feeding your kids something they are begging for and able to enjoy. My kids got to see what it was like for their non-allergic sister to be asking for their food/treats, instead of the other way around. At Thanksgiving, they could have sugar cookies (that they helped decorate) and pumpkin pie, rather than having no dessert at all.
If you know the frustration of trying to cook for people with allergies, this book will be a breath of fresh air and renew your hope and energy in trying to make life and food a little more "normal".

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book from an amazing company!, July 15, 2009

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We have been following a gluten and casein free diet for our sons for 9 years and have come to love and trust the Enjoy Life products. What a joy to discover this book--an amazing contribution to our repertoire of desserts, without having to make conversions from conventional to alternative ingredients. The recipes are simple and use familiar ingredients. Our daughter is becoming a more confident and successful baker with these yummy treats! Would love a cake book too!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a cookie that isn't as hard as a rock, November 14, 2009

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My son is allergic to eggs, wheat, soy, corn, fish, milk and peanut. For the last 4 or 5 years I have tried several cookie recipes and they always end up as tooth breaker cookies so I have to throw them away. I have used Enjoy Life's products so I figured I would give it a try. I have made the brownies, the choc chip bannana bars and one of the drop cookie mixes and they all were excellent. The drop cookies are still soft 2 days later, which I could never get to happen with other recipes. I would highly recommend this book for any mom who wants to be able to make cookies that you can send to school for your child's class parties, b day's etc.