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Easter Traditions
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Growing up in my house, there are a lot of traditions involving food around Easter time. My family always eats either lamb or ham as the main course, lasagna on the side, and a variety of green vegetables and roasted potatoes to compliment the Easter feast. But, there are always also a bunch of delicious desserts to enjoy altogether as a family. One of my favorites is a recipe my mom likes to call “Knot Cookies”.
My mom learned to make these cookies from her own grandma, so they’ve been in the family for a long time. The cookies are plain, soft, and doughy folded in a similar shape to a pretzel. But after they bake and cool off, we always frost the cookies with a watery confectioner’s sugar glaze and top off each cookie with rainbow colored sprinkles to make them look festive.
Each year, a few days before Easter, my mom, older sister, and I put a whole afternoon aside to create these cookies with care. It is a fairly long process, because the dough needs to be mixed and then let rise for about an hour, then each cookie needs to be tied individually to match in size. Next, the cookies have to bake for about fifteen minutes before cooling off and getting frosted. This may not seem like a lot, but that is not the end of our whole afternoon: we make about six batches of the Knot Cookies so we can divide them among friends and family members while still enjoying a plate to ourselves.
The cookies are a quick but yummy snack. I can eat them for a light breakfast, or bring them to school to share as a unique snack that all my friends love. I always look forward to this tradition around Easter time, in my mind it makes the season more fun and gets spring off to a good start!
Colleen F.
My mom learned to make these cookies from her own grandma, so they’ve been in the family for a long time. The cookies are plain, soft, and doughy folded in a similar shape to a pretzel. But after they bake and cool off, we always frost the cookies with a watery confectioner’s sugar glaze and top off each cookie with rainbow colored sprinkles to make them look festive.
Each year, a few days before Easter, my mom, older sister, and I put a whole afternoon aside to create these cookies with care. It is a fairly long process, because the dough needs to be mixed and then let rise for about an hour, then each cookie needs to be tied individually to match in size. Next, the cookies have to bake for about fifteen minutes before cooling off and getting frosted. This may not seem like a lot, but that is not the end of our whole afternoon: we make about six batches of the Knot Cookies so we can divide them among friends and family members while still enjoying a plate to ourselves.
The cookies are a quick but yummy snack. I can eat them for a light breakfast, or bring them to school to share as a unique snack that all my friends love. I always look forward to this tradition around Easter time, in my mind it makes the season more fun and gets spring off to a good start!
Colleen F.
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