A family tradition, celebrated only once a year with the delighted oohs and aahhs of everyone who gets to enjoy them. They're my Grandma's delicious batch of fluffy, pastel-colored Ricotta Cookies. As a child I would sit in eager anticipation of our Easter meal together because I knew that at the end of it at least two cookies would be mine. It probably sounds strange, ricotta in cookies, but these are the most heavenly sweets you'll ever taste.

For a really long time I thought my Grandma was only person in the world who could have thought up something this delicious, but in recent years she let slip that she actually found this recipe in a newspaper years and years ago. It was upon this revelation that I first decided to share this closely guarded family recipe and now I'm ready to share it again, with you:

RICOTTA COOKIES

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1 LB Butter
• 2 Cups of Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 1 LB Ricotta Cheese
• 2 Tsp Vanilla
• 4 Cups Cake Flour
• 1 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tsp Salt

Icing Ingredients:

• 5 Tbsps of Butter
• 5 Cups of sifted Powdered Sugar
• 5 Tbsps of Milk 

Directions:

Cream together butter & sugar. Beat in Eggs. Blend in Ricotta & Vanilla. Stir Flour, Baking Soda & Salt together. Add to Creamed Mixture & beat well. Drop by tsp onto parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Bake @350 for 12 minutes. Reduced to 10 minutes if cookies get brown. Spread icing on cooled cookies.

Spring has taken me to many new and exciting places this year, the most exciting of which was Copenhagen and it doesn't stop there! It seems every weekend brings a new experience in a new location, filled with endless hours of good times.

I have little time to sit and process all we've done but will as soon as I have a moment. There are photos to edit and stories to tell but first I have more important things to attend to... - b.

“I HAVE LOST AND LOVED AND WON AND CRIED MYSELF TO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.”

— CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON

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Recent developments in my personal life have reminded me just how much the seasons of our lives can reflect those of mother nature. Some times are darker and colder while others seem to burst forth with light and knock the cobwebs out of their secret places. I am currently experiencing the brighter, happier times and I am eternally grateful for it. There is family, friends, adventure and romance planned for the near future. Frolicking has commenced and new dresses have been ordered. I am rosy cheeked and ready for what's next. Though this season too must pass, I hope it takes its time because I like the weather just how it is for the moment.

Some images are kindred spirits, they relate and respond to one another in a way similar to how body language communicates between two people. It’s chemical, mineral, visual. It’s couplings. - b.