Dec. 18 - In the Making

Each winter, my friend Carol and I get together to Make. We like to make little things to gift to the people who make a difference in our lives. We generally want to make something to brighten someone's day, something a little sweeter - though we tend to the savoury, occasionally, too. We've called ourselves the "Twisted Sisters Candy Company" and we've made everything from cookies to marmalade, candied lemon peels to pepper jelly. This year, we made Almond Dream Cakes - Almond flour cakes infused with cranberries and lemon, filled with almond cream, and topped with lemon glaze. Delightful, in the extreme. This is one of my favourite Christmas traditions.

*** December 18th***

In the Making

In the month of December stir

The desire to make with fervour

Comes time to bake with friends

Time spent together in making

As delightful as the giving

Fine sugar filled weekends

When colder becomes the weather

In kitchen we come together

Adds, mixes, stirs, and blends

To rising cookies, one attends

Now comes time, string and packaging

To greater bonds it lends

*** Poetry in Rime Couee ***