happy 4/20

Here are some cookies I helped my sister make for some of her friends. She ordered this special shaped cookie cutter from Stonerware awhile ago in anticipation of the upcoming April "holiday."

We used our mom's favorite butter cookie recipe (so delicious) and made green glaze as the leaves would have been awfully hard to frost with regular frosting. Here is the cookie recipe:

• 1 C butter
• 1 1/2 C powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla
• 2 1/2 C flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t cream of tartar
• 1/4 t salt

Mix all ingredients together then roll and cut out. Bake at 375 until edges barely begin to brown (about 5-6 minutes, watch carefully as these babies will burn and they do not taste good toasty).

What a great BYU-appropriate way to celebrate a favorite Oregon tradition. I love being from the northwest. I also really loved the cookie cutter packaging. "Cookies are better baked" and "Sooner or later you're gonna have the munchies" were two tag lines on the packaging.