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Recipes for Allergy-Safe Foods

With these recipes for allergy-free foods for special occasions and everyday eating, you can make sure your child doesn't feel left out.
Fudge Sandwich Cookies
Make Fudge Sandwich Cookies from a recipe in "Sophie-Safe Cooking."
Cookies for the Food Allergic
Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from a recipe in "The Gak’s Snacks Allergy Cookbook: Baked Treats for All Occasions."
Nut-Free Charoset
The Passover specialty Charoset is traditionally made with fruit and nuts, but if your child has a food allergy, that dish will need a do-over. Instead of just leaving the nuts out of your usual family recipe, try one of these five from around the Web that don't have nuts in the first place.
Nut-Free Fruitcake
Nutty as a fruitcake? Not these fruitcake recipes! Instead of adjusting recipes to accommodate your nut-allergic child, try one of these variations that leave the nuts out from the start.
Latkes Everybody Can Love
Latkes, the delectable potato pancakes fried in oil, are a favorite Hanukkah tradition, but traditional recipes contain ingredients that children with diabetes, Celiac disease, or allergies to wheat or eggs will need to avoid. These recipes from around the Web can cater to those restricted diets while keeping the crispy classic on the holiday table.
Allergy-Safe Pumpkin Pie
Serve up the classic Thanksgiving dessert without endangering your child with food allergies.
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