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Posted Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:24 pm...

Remembrance Cookies
By Tina Finneyfrock
(Llewellyn's 1996 Magical Almanac)

On All Hallow's Eve we can honor our ancestors by leaving offerings for them. Whether our relationships with or knowledge of departed relatives were uplifting or not, we are who we are partially because of them. Acknowledgement in our lives lets us feel comfortable in our own path in the world. It also allows us to consider how we want to live and be remembered. In my house, we make cookies on Hallow's Eve. They are shaped like people and we add the herb rosemary to the dough as a symbol of "remembrance". Some of the cookies are eaten while recalling stories or attributes of special ancestors, reminding us that we still have access to their strengths or perhaps a predisposition to their weaknesses. The rest of the cookies are left outside by the bonfire as an offering. This can be a solemn ritual, but it need not be. In any case, the cookies have always been gone in the morning. Any sugar cookie recipe will do, but our favorite one is following.

1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 c. butter or margarine (softened)
1 egg
2 t. vanilla
1 t. almond extract
2 -1/2 c all purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. cream of tartar
1 -2 T. chopped rosemary

Heat oven 375 degrees. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, almond extract and rosemary until creamy. In a separate bowl sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture. Beat until dough forms and refrigerate for 3 hours. Divide dough into halves. Roll out one portion to 3/16 of an inch on a floured surface. Cut out with gingerbread women/men cutters and place on a un greased baking sheet. Repeat rolling and cutting with second portion.
Bake for 5 -7 Minutes.

If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.-- Albert Einstein

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