This is a follow-up post to both Preserving Magic and Italian Ricotta Cheese Easter Cookies.
I was not totally pleased with my frosting glaze application the first time I made the cookie recipe (the cookies seen here on the blog). Fact is I felt much clumsier decorating the “lemon wheel” cookies than my imagination had envisioned.
Soooo…when I made a second batch of cookies for Easter gifts last month (to fulfill family & friends’ taste requests), I decided to try More on The Spiral Trials
It’s hard for me to believe as each month passes, one after the other….it’s six months today since Brizy died. Half a year, already.
We’re doing okay. But grief is a long, drawn out process. It has its own unique pace with each of us.
Marc’s life has been rather intense with work demands and his own demands in assembling a beautiful presentation from the memorial video. It’s helped him process how much he loved her, what a special person Bri was, and the unique relationship they had. Just finished it last week and will be sending it to those of you who wanted to attend the December 2008 Memorial, but weren’t able to. He will also be mailing copies to family members and close friends as a way of remembering how much Bri was loved….and especially how she LOVED life and all of you.
Marc’s life continues to go through radical changes. His job More on It’s Been 6 Months Today….
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Traditional Italian Ricotta Cheese Easter Cookies decorated
with Vanilla Glaze & Candied Lemon Slices
(An eggless adaptation from Linda K’s recipe on www.AllRecipes.com)
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Cookies and breads are a natural culinary venue as I have decades of baking experience. Made homemade bread the old-fashioned way with yeast, double-risings, and hand-kneading back in the mid-70’s. My oldest son Marc, still a toddler, liked to bang pots and pans at my feet in the kitchen.
I was a natural baker. The problem was everyone in our communal household, in particular THIS baker, tended to eat MUCH more bread, when it was fragrant and warm from the oven! (sigh)
As Marc approached his third birthday, I returned to working part-time and got a job as a professional baker at More on Italian Ricotta Cheese Cookies
with Candied Lemon Wheels
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