Animal Cookies

It’s spring in Minnesota.  So naturally, it snowed over a foot this weekend.  It snowed from Friday night until Sunday morning.  Nonstop.  There are snowdrifts, snow piles, and everything is covered in a thick layer of snow.

taken by Matt Sunday morning. It snowed at least another 3 inches after taking this photo.

If you didn’t have to leave the house, you didn’t.  The boys were especially restless by Sunday.  While the snow does not typically keep us housebound during the winter, this spring snowstorm was unlike any winter snowstorm.  It just would not stop snowing.  And given we are a month into spring, you can conclude that all Minnesota drivers have already completely forgotten how to drive in the snow, not to remember how to successfully maneuver over black ice until a solid week into the following December.  So we needed a fresh in-house activity for the boys.

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies

My mother’s kitchen is decorated in lemons.  Lemon wallpaper, lemon soap dishes, lemon magnets–the list is endless.  Whenever I come across a recipe including lemons, I have to try it out so I can pass the good recipes along to my mom.  This cookie recipe easily made the cut.  The cookies are fluffy and melt in your mouth with a splash of lemon.

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