Filed under: baking, favorites, food, holiday, process by ramune

Although I am not particularly religious, Easter is a big deal to me and my family. We have a load of Lithuanian traditions that I love. Two of my favorites are how we decorate our Easter eggs (that’s Project #22) and making Grybai, Lithuanian mushroom cookies. When I say mushroom cookies I mean they look like mushrooms . . . there are no actual mushrooms in the recipe.

This past weekend I baked the Grybai with my mother’s help and today I finished them off by frosting them. I documented the process and posted a bundle of photos in an Easter album on my Flickr site. Below are just a handful. You may notice my supervisor in a few shots (hint: frosting the stems).

Mixing up the dough

Rolling out the stems

Making the caps

Frosting the stems and dipping them in poppyseeds

The final product . . .

Filed under: holiday, paper, process by ramune

This past week I have been busy designing, printing and assembling Christmas cards, which I am hoping to have sent out this coming week. Since some people reading this blog will be getting said cards this week and next, I did not want to show too much of the card just yet. In the meantime I figured I would show my highly organized working space . . . my floor.

My favorite place to work . . . on the floor.