A FRIDAY FUNNY

Happy…well, you know, if you can really call it that :oucher …Tax Day!

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

This week’s “green” & Earth-friendly Earth Day title is The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget by Josh Dorman.

You know the drill…  To enter the drawing for this book, please share at least one way in which you intend to be more “green” & Earth-friendly in the coming year.  And please include the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday”—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday. Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back or you might not even know you won! :crying (If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)

P.S. Please note that we have a very special Earth Day Giveaway coming up next week.  On Friday, April 22nd—which happens to be Earth Day!—we will be giving away this extra-exciting Earth Day prize pack:

Prize Pack includes:

Think Green, Be Global journal

Love Your Earth notepad

Snoopy/Peanuts “Save Our Planet” watch

So stay tuned & be sure to stop back in for a chance to win!

In our ongoing quest to get as fat as we can before my June Harlequin Desire—HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR—is released, I’ve got a really yummy recipe for you this week…

I am a big lover of all things lemon.  And lime…& grapefruit…& chocolate…

Where was I? :que   Oh, yeah.

I love lemon & will try just about any lemon treat someone offers, or try any lemon treat recipe I find.

So even though I think these could use a touch more lemon flavor zip, I shall share the recipe with you because they really are pretty tasty.

LEMON COOKIES

Cookie Ingredients:

1 stick of butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
zest & juice of one lemon (3 tablespoons)
1 (15 oz.) container of ricotta cheese
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

Glaze Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
zest & juice of another whole lemon (3 tablespoons)

Directions for Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350.
In large mixing bowl, beat butter & sugar until creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time, then the juice and zest of a lemon & the ricotta cheese. Mix.
Add the dry ingredients. Mix until blended.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets that have been lined with
parchment paper.
Bake for 15 minutes or until slightly brown around the edges.
Cool on wire racks, then frost with glaze.

Directions for Glaze:

Combine sugar, lemon juice, & lemon zest in small bowl.
Beat until smooth.
Frost each cookie using a small pastry brush.
Let harden before storing cookies in airtight container.

(Makes about 6 dozen cookies.)

If you’d like to collect even more great recipes, or maybe share a few of your own, be sure to sign up for my HappyBookers YahooGroup.  We’re doing a bit of a recipe swap over there, as well, in preparation for the release of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR. :flip