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Growing up, my brother and I were always fond of breakfast for dinner. There was something very “opposite day” about it that intrigued us like no other meal could. We almost felt like little rebels basking in a stack of pancakes dripping in syrup while our neighborhood friends sat down to spaghetti or pot roast.
At 32, I still enjoy a good omelet for dinner and even the occasional Belgian waffle, so this recipe for a Baked Apple Puff really stood out in Michelle Stern’s new cookbook, The Whole Family Cookbook.
I had the pleasure of meeting Michelle back in October at BlogHer Food in San Francisco. We were among a group of people that were left momentarily stranded at a function which led us to being smooshed into a limo like sardines while winding through the streets on San Francisco.
Being that I am extremely claustrophobic and get insanely car sick, I was about two seconds away from either breathing or vomiting (maybe both) into a paper bag before the limo came to screeching halt at the curb of our hotel.
Michelle’s passion for teaching children about fresh, wholesome food is evident throughout her entire book, which is full of unique recipes that will help you get your children involved the kitchen. Michelle provides you with great tasting recipes using accessible, fresh and local ingredients along with easy to follow, color coded, step by step instructions.
It will get you excited about dragging a stool into the kitchen and allowing your little one to crack eggs, measure flour, stir batters, and a myriad of other little-hand suitable tasks. In turn, helping out will get them excited about the food that they are helping to create!
Your kiddos are going to love this Baked Apple Puff and the many other recipes in The Whole Family Cookbook.
Loved Helping my grandma Sunday lunches.
I made this for breakfast today and it was a great success! Thank you for posting another great recipe!!
Baking challah with my grandmother
my great grandma taught me (let me help) make her peach cobbler when i was 5 years old… to this day, it’s my favorite go-to treat! kristinmik at gmail
My favorite memory is baking, frosting, and decorating holiday cookies at grandmas house with all of my cousins.
In early elementary school my two best friends and I tried to make an apple pie while my mom was on a business call in elementary school. We did a good job, too. The apples were peeled-ish and most slices only had a seed or two in them, but our biggest mistake was adding a glass of water to make the “syrup” that results from the mixture of apple juices and sugar. We forgot the sugar, cinnamon etc and my mom came upstairs a while later to a huge mess and three first graders trying to put a bandaid on a sliced thumb. She was mad at the time, but we laugh about it now and it is my earliest memory in the kitchen.
I remember my mom canning homemade grape juice using grapes from our yard… still haven’t had better grape juice!
Attempting to make Christmas fudge with my Mom (who hates to bake). We had many years of failure ending up with “spooning fudge” that thankfully we loved. To this day, I haven’t had the courage to make fudge.
My favorite memory is my Mom and I baking goodies for the Christmas holidays. There were 7 of us, and we would make a variety of cookies, three different cakes, and home made fruitcake. We would start making cookie dough in November, and bake them a week before the holiday.
wow, this cookbook sounds great!
my favorite baking memories are decorating christmas cookies with my brothers and mom. my younger brother *always* hogged the nutcracker/soldier cut-outs and my older brother had a monopoly on the snowmen, but it was always one of my favorite times of the christmas season :)