Today I did a little bit of baking for Easter and a lot of thinking about my mom. She died five years ago today. She loved Easter. It was her favorite holiday. She also loved to bake. Every Easter she made lots of homemade treats. Some were for us and some for the Easter breakfast at her church.
I remember one year she made homemade raised doughnuts for our family Easter breakfast. She made them the day before and no one could have any, not even one taste. There were nine of us in our family so it was about three dozen doughnuts. She put then on the counter of our walk-in pantry and closed the door. She had hours invested in them because raised doughnuts are made with yeast and take time to rise.
The whole family was watching TV that evening. My dad was laying on the sofa as he normally did.
My dad was a hunter and his hunting dog a black lab named Sam was also our family pet. Sam trotted over to my dad bringing him a raised doughnut. It turned out it was the very last one left. He had eaten the entire plate of doughnuts and brought the last one to my dad. My poor mom was in tears. All her hard work went to the dog and now she had nothing to serve for our breakfast.
Trooper that she was, she went in the kitchen and whipped up a batch of baking powder doughnuts. Not quite as good as raised ones, but a pretty good substitute on short notice. To this day I am not really that big a fan of bakery doughnuts. They just cannot compare to my mom's fresh out of the fryer. She would always save a plain one for me because she knew that was how I liked mine.
Well I dedicated today's recipe to my mom. I hope she is proud of her kids.
Lemon Curd Cookie
1 cup salted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 1/2 cups flour
Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Mix in eggs, lemon juice and zest. Add the flour and mix to form a soft dough. Form in 1 inch balls. Use a finger to indent a deep hole in the center of each cookie. Bake for 20 minutes, until the edges are light brown. Allow the cookies to cool and then fill with lemon curd.
Lemon Curd
3/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest
3/4 sugar
3 eggs
Add all the ingredients and whisk until well blended. Cook until thickened, about six minutes. Let cool
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Chris
Wodke
Founder
& Manager Team CMT
www.run4cmt.com
Chris is
a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the
Boston Marathon. In 2012 she finished 2nd
at Boston in
the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs
exploded.
She has
appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint
Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open
Division Champion.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent TeamUSA
at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago
in 2015 and 2016
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent Team
In 2014 she represented the U.S.
as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas , Texas
She travels
around the country raising awareness of CMT.
She is
the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a
CMT affected athlete.
Team CMT
is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a cure
for CMT. We have 186 members in 32 states. We also have members in Australia , England ,Scotland , Canada ,
Vietnam , Turkey , Finland ,
Scotland , France , Poland
and Iran .
If you wish to join us visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com
or www.hnf-cure.org
CMT or
Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It
affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS). It is a disease of the
nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of
normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.
Symptoms
include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor
balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual
dexterity.
Structural
foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.
Poor
tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold
hands and feet.
Additional
symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing
loss.
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