Easy Vegan Pancakes

Thought I would try out another eggless for our little Carlee.  I didn't eat them, but hubby says they were good!  I did make some changes that will be at the end of the recipe.

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons baking powder

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups soy milk or water

Dash of cinnamon (optional)

Directions:

Lightly mix all ingredients in a fairly large bowl.  It's important to only mix the batter long enough to moisten.  Over mixing will make pancakes tough.  Leave 5 minutes to rise.  Gently fold down.  Leave to raise for another 5 minutes will you get your pan ready.  Cook on medium to medium-high heat on an oiled skillet until golden brown.  Serve immediately.

Serves 4

First off...this recipe would feed more then 4!  Hee hee!!  Okay here are the changes that I made to the recipe:

~I used 1 cup all purpose flour and 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour.

~Used splenda in place of the sugar.

~Needed another tablespoon oil and had to use 3 cups water.

I froze the leftovers for Joe to use for his breakfasts on days that he works.  

Hope this helps someone with egg allergies!

Eggless French Toast

Here's an eggless french toast recipe that I made for Carlee this morning. The schools are closed due to -20 degree below 0 temps and the snow we received over the weekend. I'm sure wanting some spring weather right now!!

Egg Replacer French Toast

3/4 cup half and half

2 tablespoons mashed banana

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons sugar

1 1/2 ENER-G Egg Replacer

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1 pinch salt

unsalted butter

In a mixing bowl, cream the half and half, banana, and vanilla on medium speed(make sure the banana is mashed well). Set aside. In a small bowl, mix the remaining ingredients except the butter, and stir until well blended. Sprinkle over the banana mixture, and mix on medium speed for 1 minute. Heat frying pan on low-medium heat. Reserve half a stick of melted butter (1/4 cup) for toast. Use remaining butter to coat pan, use only enough to fry one or two slices of toast. Each time before dipping the bread slices, stir batter slightly. Coat both sides of bread, then place slice on heated pan. Fry each side for about 2 minutes. Before turning, lightly drizzle reserve butter over the top of the bread slice to prevent it from sticking.

Note: Whole wheat or whole grain bread works best.

Carlee's 3rd Birthday

It's hard to believe that my little munchkin is 3 years old already!! Yet when she was born, it seems so long ago. Time has passed by so quickly!

I had the kids at my house two days before Carlee's birthday, so when Kami came to pick them up, she decided to make the kitties to go on Carlee's birthday cake.
Carlee just adores kitties, but these are the only ones that she can touch, since she is allergic to real kitties!! Kami did make some very cute ones for her.

The birthday person usually gets to have their favorite foods on their day. Since Carlee loves...I mean...LOVES...hot dogs, Kami wanted to make homemade corn dogs. It was a first for us and they came out very good!!! You can find the recipe here.

Collin handed the hot dogs to Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn dipping the hot dogs in the cornmeal mixture.

Carlee said "Heck with waiting...I'm eating mine NOW!!!"

Kaitlyn putting a corn dog in the deep fryer while Tina cooked them.

Mmmmmm Mmmmmm!!!

After we ate our meal, it was time for cake!!

I made the cake using a recipe from my big cake book that Kami gave me. She picked out an applesauce pound cake recipe that sounded good. I substituted the eggs with ENER-G egg replacer so that Carlee can eat it. I also didn't add the dates and the walnuts, even though it would have been very yummy with them! I used regular cake pans too!

Applesauce Pound Cake

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

3 cups unsweetened applesauce

1 cup chopped, pitted dates

1 cup walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter and flour a 10" tube pan.

Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt into a large bowl. Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add the eggs (or egg replacer), one at a time, until just blended after each addition. With the mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the applesauce. By hand, stir in the dates and walnuts. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 80-90 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake. Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

I took the top tier of the cake off for Carlee and I dropped it!!! lol!! Good thing she didn't care!!!

BLOW!!!

I handed Carlee a fork and let her have at it!!!

The kitties tasted the best!!!

Oh Yeah!!! While we were cooking the corn dogs, some how the door to Kami and Eric's bedroom was left open and Carlee saw where they were hiding her present!! Once she saw her new doll house, there was no way she was going to wait until she opened the other presents!!!

Collin gave her a stroller for her babies.

What a nice big brother!!!

There's Carlee opening the present from Joe and I.

It's a Fisher Price All About Town toy. I thought it would help her with her development. The only thing was, is that everyone loved playing with it!!!

Even me!!!!

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

Collin and I tested out another eggless recipe that maybe Carlee can eat. Collin and Joe loved the cookies, but I thought they were a little too hard around the edges. The cookies also stay in a ball when cooked so I had to flatten them with a glass before I put them in the oven. Had to cook them longer too, about 13 minutes. They're not too bad though.

Collin helping with the cookies.

Ummmm...I think they need more chocolate chips!!

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup margarine or butter

1/4 cup shortening

1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

~Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.

~In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar, butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Stir in yogurt and vanilla.

~Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until incorporated, then mix in chocolate chips.

~Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

~Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven, until the edges begin to brown. Cool for a minute on the cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Banana Bread for Those with Egg Allergies

We took are baby girl, Carlee, in for allergy testing last week. Ever since she was a few months old, she has had eczema. It is an awful thing to have! Anyway, back to the testing. I won't even go into how bad it was for Carlee and for Kami and I to watch her go through it!! She is such a good little girl!! We found out that she is highly allergic to eggs (white and yolk), peanuts, weeds, cats, and tobacco. She was mildly allergic to a few other things but the doctor said that we shouldn't worry too much with them.

Sooooooooooo......on with the search for foods she can or will eat that have no eggs or peanuts in them. I did come across some egg replacement products that I will buy the next time we go to town. (That will be another blog!)

While searching the internet, I came across a banana bread recipe that looked good and had no eggs, and I had some bananas I needed to use up. I didn't put in the walnuts or the chocolate chips but did add a little flax seed meal to the recipe. It was a very good recipe! So it would come in handy for someone that ran out of eggs!!

Eggless Banana Bread

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup sugar

3 large bananas

1/2 cup applesauce

4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

~Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

~Mix the first five (dry) ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.

~In a separate bowl, mash bananas well.

~Stir in the butter, vanilla and applesauce into the bananas.

~Add the banana mixture into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients.

~Mix gently by hand, just enough to form a thick, clumpy batter. If the mixture seems too dry, add more mashed bananas or applesauce to adjust the consistency.

~Fold in chocolate chips and/or walnuts, if using.

~Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until the bread is a deep golden brown and a knife inserted comes out clean.