egg-cellent

Today we crushed another barrier in allergy-free foods. Maggie is allergic to a whole bunch of stuff, including eggs and dairy. So chocolate chip cookies aren't exactly at the top of the list of things she can eat- butter, eggs, milk in the chips. Which I think is a huge bummer. I mean, really. Who doesn't like to whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough when you're sad/cold/tired/hungry/happy/watching a movie and pig out until your stomach hurts. What do you mean that's just me?

But today, we changed all that. I stumbled across Pure Hope, a blog by a mom living with lots of family allergies, and found an interesting recipe for egg-free and dairy-free chocolate chip cookies. I'll admit that as we mixed it, the dough seemed doomed- all flaky and not really sticking together. But it tasted good:


and Maggie about ate her weight in "just one more" bites. So, we put it in the oven and out came some really, really awesome cookies. I don't think you'd know they were dairy and egg-free unless someone told you.


See? almost gone. Mmmmmm. I think my favorite 'yes' is when Maggie asks me, "Is it Maggie-friendly?" Oh yeah, sister. Totally.