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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.

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254 Comments

  1. Karen says:

    My favorite cookie memory is baking cookies with my mom, especially snickerdoodles.

  2. Brooke says:

    My favorite cooking memory is making angel food cake with my Grandma. Even though it was from a box, I adored that angel cake mostly because my Grandma made it and she always added a little something to everything she made to ‘spice’ it up. She even made the best toast with loads of butter! I would give anything to have an angel food cake and toast with her again!

  3. Krista says:

    My favorite memory of cooking is licking cookie dough off of my mom’s hand mixer. Nom nom!

  4. Lucy Nash says:

    Every second weekend, my sister and I would go and visit my grandma and she would teach us how to make cakes etc. She was the first person to show me how to make cupcakes!

  5. Molly says:

    My favorite memory is each year at our birthdays mom would make us a cake and she always let us lick the beater. I’ll never forget the time I wanted an angel cake, memory made…don’t lick those beaters!

  6. Rita D says:

    My great grandmother would let me help her make biscuits. It never mattered how much of a mess I made.

  7. Mariah Henderson says:

    My favorite cooking memory is very simple–creaming the butter and sugar together for cookies with my Mom, and deciding if we would do mixing with the mixer or “human mixing” (mixing with a spatula).

  8. allie says:

    My favorite memory of cooking as a child was watching and helping my mom make cinnamon rolls. Rolling it out, smearing butter, brown sugar and cinnamon on it, then rolling it up tightly. then to even it out, she would cut the ends off and give one to me to eat! delicious!

  9. Mary says:

    My favorite childhood baking memory is definitely my Easy Bake Oven!! I can still remember baking little white cakes in my red oven, that I would icing with vanilla icing and sprinkles. I miss my Easy Bake oven!!

  10. Deborah says:

    Hey – I just ate breakfast for dinner!! I don’t remember cooking a lot growing up, but I do remember my favorite meal – it was a garden dinner during the summers. We would have chile rellenos, corn on the cob, fresh tomatoes and squash – all from the garden!