Ice Cream in a Bag!

There is my recipe for ice cream in a bag! :) We used breast milk to make the ice cream. Harry loved it!! :) (I still have a freezer full of extra breast milk. Lol.)

Ice Cream Shop!

We had a fun filled week with the letter I a couple weeks ago. I is for ice cream! Since most ice cream shops are not safe for Harry because of his peanut and tree nuts allergy, I made our very own exclusive ice cream shop for the boys!! We used edible pumpkin apple play dough as the ice cream, and each boy had to "pay" for their ice cream. All 3 boys LOVED this activity today! Success!! :)

Here's my recipe for pumpkin apple play dough:

Needed:

3 apples

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 cup flour (any)

2 tablespoons olive oil

Here is how you make it:

1. First, peel and chop up 3 apples, and place them it a medium saucepan with 3/4 cup water. 

2. Add 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and cook over medium heat for 25 minutes. 

3. In a large bowl, mix 1 cup flour and 2 tablespoons of olive oil together. Set aside. 

4. After 25 minutes, mash up the apples with a potato masher.

5. Add the applesauce and pumpkin puree to the flour and olive oil, and mix well! 

The Ice Cream Shop How to:

**I flipped a tote upside down and put a blanket over it. I made a sign and prices for the ice cream. I then added bowls of sprinkles, Cheerios, and yogurt for toppings.

**I made fake money for the boys so they could buy their ice cream. Each boy got $10 to spend. 

**Harry was in charge of the shop, and he helped scoop the ice cream for the babies. He also took their money. This required some help, but he had fun!

**At the end, Harry counted how much money he made, and the boys enjoyed their ice cream. 

So much fun!!!!! :) 

Pumpkin Pie Pudding!

Pumpkin pie pudding!!! I can't even begin to tell you how awesome this stuff is!! It is so easy to make and takes very little time! :) It's even allergy friendly too for my son who is allergic to both peanuts and tree nuts. 

Here's what you need:

1/3 cup rice flour

2 cups milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 eggs

2 teaspoons pumpkin spice

1 cup of pumpkin puree

What to do: 

1. First, whisk the eggs in a large bowl and set aside. 

2.  Mix the rice flour, milk, brown sugar, and vanilla in a medium sized saucepan. Cook over medium heat until boiling. Boil for about 2 minutes or until thick.

3. After boiling, turn off the burner. Add the eggs. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes. 

4. Now, add the pumpkin puree,  pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well. 

5. Cool and enjoy! :)

Pumpkin Muffins

I love baking with pumpkin, so I made pumpkin muffins! Yum! ;) They are allergy friendly too! :)

Here's what you need:

1 cup rice flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/2 banana (mashed up)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons pumpkin spice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 eggs

1/3 cup brown sugar

What to do:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, applesauce, mashed banana, pumpkin puree, and vegetable oil. Set aside. 

2. In another bowl, mix the rice flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice together. 

3. Combine both bowls together and mix well. 

4. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. 

5. In a muffin pan, place muffin cups or grease the pan.

6. Pour the mixture into the pan.

7. Bake for about 25 to 28 minutes. 

8. Cool and enjoy! :)

9. I added maple syrup frosting on them afterwards too! 

**See my recipe below the picture.**

Maple syrup frosting:

Here's what you need:

2 cups sugar

1/3 cup pure maple syrup

3 tablespoons of butter 

What to do:

1. Heat the butter in the microwave for about 15 seconds.

2. Then, using a mixer,  mix the butter, sugar, and maple syrup together until smooth.

3. Spread onto cupcakes or a cake or anything else you'd like! 

Maple syrup frosting

Ok, making maple syrup frosting is so easy!! It's really good too, but it's very sugary! :)

Here's what you need:

2 cups sugar
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons of butter

What to do:

1. Heat the butter in the microwave for about 15 seconds.

2. Then, using a mixer,  mix the butter, sugar, and maple syrup together until smooth.

3. Spread onto cupcakes or a cake or anything else you'd like!

Pumpkin Butter

Homemade pumpkin butter?! Yep! It is soooooo easy to make too!! :) 

Hey, I gotta use up my pumpkin puree I made from our Halloween pumpkins somehow, right?! Lol.  This pumpkin butter is allergy friendly and pretty healthy for you too.

Here's what you need:

3 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup apple cider (all natural, no sugar)
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoons pumpkin spice

What to do:

1. First, mix all of the ingredients in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until boiling.

2. Bring to a boil, and then cover for 30 minutes to simmer on low.

3. Cool, and store in a mason jar in the fridge.

4. Enjoy! This stuff is great on toast!!! :)

The Hopping Bean Experiment

This experiment is so cool and so simple! :) Harry was super fascinated by it! He loves science, and this is a great experiment for toddlers. 

What you need:

1 mason jar

1/3 cup vinegar

1/3 cup baking soda

3 cups water

Dry black beans

How do you make the beans hop? 

*Fill the jar with 3 cups water and 1/3 cup vinegar and some black beans.

*Slowly add some baking soda to the jar. Stir and watch the beans hop!

Pumpkin Play Dough

Pumpkin play dough is so easy to make, and the boys loved it!!!! :) They had a lot of fun playing with it, and they ate it too. It is 100% edible. 

Needed:

2 cups pumpkin puree

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 tablespoons coconut oil

What to do:

**Simply mix the ingredients together, and you have pumpkin play dough!**

Pumpkin Banana Granola Bars

Seriously, these are amazing! Well, I say that about everything I make but still... I have been on a pumpkin kick lately because I am trying to use the pumpkin puree I made from carving pumpkins. It's working! :)

Here what you need:

2 cups oats

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 banana

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons pumpkin spice

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

What to do:

1. First, mix all of the dry ingredients (oats, baking soda, chocolate chips, and pumpkin spice) together in a large bowl. 

2. In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients (pumpkin puree, coconut oil, vanilla, and brown sugar) together.

3. Mash up a banana, and add it to the wet ingredients. 

4. Combine both bowls together and mix well. 

5. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. 

6. Pour the mixture into a lightly greased 8x8 pan.

7. Bake for about 25 minutes. 

8. Cool and cut into bars. 

9. Enjoy!!! :) 

Pumpkin Chocolate Fudge

Pumpkin chocolate fudge! Seriously, this stuff is absolutely amazing, and it is allergy friendly! I could have eaten the entire plate too. Lol

What you need:

1 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 cup pure maple syrup

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon pumpkin spice

2 tablespoons sunflower seed butter

Semisweet chocolate chips

What to do:

1. First, put all of the ingredients (minus chocolate chips) into a medium sized saucepan. 

2. Heat on low and mix well until all the ingredients are blended.

3. Pour into an 8x8 pan, and sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.

4. Refrigerate for about an hour, and then cut into bars. 

5. Enjoy! I bet you can't eat just one!! ;)

Pumpkin Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookies!

I have a ridiculous sweet tooth these days!! Lol! These are amazingly delicious too and peanut and tree nut allergy friendly! :)

Needed:

1 cup rice flour

1 cup wheat flour

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

2 cups candy corn

1/2 cup coconut sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 tablespoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon milk 

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon pumpkin spice

What to do :

1.  Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

2. In a small bowl combine the pumpkin, coconut sugar, milk, vegetable oil, vanilla, coconut oil, and applesauce. Set aside

3. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, candy corn, chocolate chips, and salt.

4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together into the large bowl.

5. On a lightly greased cookie sheet, roll into small balls of dough. 

6. Bake for about 18 minutes.

7. Cool and enjoy! :)

Homemade Candy Corn

Who would have thought that you could make your own candy corn?! Well, you can!! It is allergy friendly too!!! :)

Here's what you need:

1 1/2 cup rice flour

1 tablespoon melted coconut oil

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup water

Food coloring

What to do:

1. First, melt the coconut oil in the microwave, and mix it up with the brown sugar and water.

2. Then, add the rice flour, and mix well. 

3. Separate into 3 balls.

4. Add 4 drops of yellow food coloring to one ball of dough, and mix well. 

5. Add 4 drops of yellow food coloring and 3 drops of red food coloring to another ball of dough. Mix well. 

6. Refrigerate the 3 balls of dough for about 1 hour.

7. Once refrigerated, roll the dough into thin strips, and place next to each other. 

8. Cut into small triangles. 

9. Place onto a plate.

10. Freeze and enjoy!! :)