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We’d never suggest sneaking veggies into food to fool your kids, and yet, if they like this bread – which is very similar to carrot cake – it might make them realize that zucchini is actually very tasty!

The perfect sweet and crunchy treat!

Chocolate-covered pretzels are huge sellers at bake sales, but they can be a bit time-consuming to make. This recipe is easy-peasy!

When Emma isn’t making hundreds of S’mores Balls to sell at bake sales, she’s making beautiful orange bracelets to sell alongside them. The balls are chock-full of s’mores flavors, and Emma says they’re great as a frozen treat, too.

The packaged variety is known as America’s favorite cookie, but once you make your own you might never go back. 

We love taking easily recognizable dishes and turning them into something else with the same flavors – hence a cookie that tastes like a scoop of ice cream.

Both of my sisters had childhood cancer when I was growing up so I spent more time than most thinking about the impact of cancer on families and wanting to invest my energies in improving outcomes for such children.

Why did you want to get into pediatric cancer research? Because pediatric cancer research is very focused on cures, not merely on extending survival.

I can still remember my excitement when I discovered research involving humans (rather than the study of animals and plants) when I was an undergraduate in the UK. I immediately wanted to become involved in human research and studied immunology and virology.

Thanks to Cookies’ funding, we discovered drugs that work well against “RAS” mutations, which led to Novartis supporting a clinical trial that is ongoing. 

I thought I wanted to be a Pediatric Cardiologist, but when I was doing my clinical rotations as a medical student, I just fell in love with the oncology patients. I wanted to do everything I could to help them and their families.

Form the dough into tablespoon-size balls and place about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Transfer to the oven and bake until the edge of the cookies just begin to brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and repeat with the remaining dough.