The Forget Me Not Fairy Tale And Recipe

My grandkids love
coming to my house
because I believe in
Fairy Tales.
Yes..and I live
 in a very, very
Fractured Fairy Tale
We just call it
Nana's Fairy Tale.

There is a

resident fairy

that leaves tiny
gifts in the

litte hidey-holes

built into the steps

that you can read about

here.

This comes from one

of my favorite

little

Fairy Books

called

Flower Fairies

of the

Garden.

Where do fairy babies lie

Till they're old enough to fly?

Here's a likely place, I think,

'Mid these flowers, blue and pink.

(Pink for girls and blue for boys;

Pretty things for babies' toys!)

Let up peep now, gently. Why,

Fairy baby, here you lie!

Kicking there, with no one by,

Baby dear, how good you lie!

All alone, but O, you're not~

You could never be forgot!

O how glad I am I've found you,

With Forget-me-nots around you,

Blue, the color of the sky!

Fairy baby, Hushaby!

Take a moment...

just a moment..

to slip back into

the magic of

childhood..

to watch for fairies

and moonbeams on

water.

Forget the cares of the

everyday world

and become a child again...

just for a moment.

You'll be glad you did.

I promise!
And..
while you are
taking a moment
to smell the flowers..
make these..
Because
 THESE COOKIES
 that taste like
the fairies made them..
They literally
MELT in your
mouth,

Ingredients:

2 egg whites
½ cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
(or almonds-I like almonds)
½ teaspoon vanilla (or almond)
Makes 36 cookies
Directions:
1. Set the oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Line two 14 inch by 16 inch baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Place egg whites in the bowl and use a mixer with a
whisk attachment. Whip until foamy.
4. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff but not dry.
5. Fold in salt, chocolate chips, walnuts, and vanilla.
6. Drop by teaspoons onto baking sheet. Place in preheated oven. Close door and turn off oven.
7. Do not open door. Keep cookies in oven for 6 hours or over night until cool. Peel cookies carefully from parchment paper.

Make these early in the morning
for afternoon tea
with the fairies
and share them with
your
"little friends"
that call you Nana.