Spring

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn"

Hal Borland

Happy First Day of Spring

Well this year in my area it appeared spring practically skipped a turn and jumped head first into summer. Between the early arrival of birds, trees budding, crocuses pushing their way up and out and above normal temperatures many  of us have been left dazed and confused. Just what season is it?? But I say we all have gotten a wee bit of Irish luck!"   

Anyway you look at it today is a day worth celebrating. So I decided to bake shamrock cookies. After all it is safe to think Irish since we are still in March.  Plus it gives me an excuse to use my new shamrock cookie cutter again. This favorite cookie recipe is well over 15 years old. It  came with a Tupperware product. I might add is a very easy recipe and works well with any type of cookie cutter:) And no, I did not make up this recipe name.

Granny’s Sugar Cookies

makes about 22

Cook’s note: be sure to occasionally dredge cookie cutter in flour so dough does not stick to it

Cookie Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/8 cup water
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• ½ tsp. vanilla

 Cookie Directions:

• Sift dry ingredients and set aside
• Cream butter and sugar
• Add egg and water eat
• Add sifted ingredients and vanilla
• Mix well and refrigerate at least an hour or until chilled
• On a floured surface work with one cup of batter at a time
• Roll out and use cookie cutter
• Transfer cookies to baking sheet and bake 8-10 minutes (but start checking at 8 minutes)
• Keep dough in refrigerate till needed for next batch

Frosting Ingredients:

• 2 cups of powdered sugar
• Start with 1/8 cup of milk add more as needed for right consistency
• 2 TB. softened butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• optional 2 drops of food coloring

Frosting Directions:

Beat all ingredients

"In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours." 

Mark Twain