Enjoying Nut Free Cookies

Are you looking for a great snack to provide for your next school bazaar or fundraiser? Many school events are now requiring that the treats and snacks that you contribute are nut free. This leaves the often frustrating question of what you should bring.

Just because a treat has to be allergy free does not mean it has to be taste free. Allergy free often goes undetected due to the fact that it tastes so much like the varieties people are used too.

How about nut free cookies, there are many prepackaged varieties or you can also purchase the ingredients and make your own. Some nut free cookies include chocolate chip, sugar cookies, oatmeal raisin, and even gingerbread and snicker doodle.

Allerneeds.com also has chocolate chips by the bag and packaged cookie mixes as well. If your child happens to be the one with the nut allergy, serving nut free cookies to the entire family will get you very few complaints.

Another great benefit too many of the varieties mentioned above is the fact that they are sweetened with fruit juice to reduce the sugar content, and many are dairy and gluten free as well to help provide a sweet alternative for those with multiple sensitivities.

When providing nut free cookies or allergen free treats it is important to remember a few tips. Providing a nut free cookie does not simply mean that the cookie recipe does not contain nuts or peanut butter. Nut free foods are both baked and manufactured in a way that they do not contain nuts or nut products nor are they run on the same production lines as these products.

Manufacturing products that are allergy free means that the assembly lines must be thoroughly cleaned between runs or not used at all for products containing nuts. Given the danger of exposure for the children that have nut allergies, it is vitally important to make sure that your cookies meet this standard before presenting it as allergy free.

By keeping these simple suggestions in mind it can be possible for everyone to enjoy baked goods with the confidence of knowing that they are safe.