Summer Solstice

First of all, happy Summer Solstice to everybody! This is the perfect day to collect herbs, decorate your house with flowers and ribbons and bake delicious cookies. I truly love the fragrance of Lavender, Rosemary, Mint and Sage.

Here, a cookies recipe I found and edited:

Lemon and Mint cookies:

1 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
some juice of a Lemon, chopped Mint leaves and some grated Lemon peel

Cream the butter and 1-3/4 cups sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and herbs. Add to the creamed mixture and mix. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 3 inches apart, on a greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork or cup bottom. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until barely browned. Cool slightly, then remove to a rack.

Source:

http://webspace.webring.com/people/nk/k_garber/litrec.html and myself for some changes in the recipe (I used Mint leaves, Lemon juice and white sugar. For it is sweeter than brown sugar, you need to pour less of it.)

Also, I prepared a Mint drink:
Boil some water and, when it's hot and boiling, put Mint leaves, Sage leaves and Peppermint in a tea infuser. Then, pour it into a big glass (I used a huge beer glass) or in a bottle and put it in the fridge.

Don't forget to share them with the Good Folk and, perhaps, your loved ones!

This is also the day in which Faeries dance and celebrate the coming of Summer, so it's a great idea to read old myths and fairy tales, maybe listening to good Celtic music.

Midsummer's Night Eve by Edward Robert Hughes

A beautiful song that goes on well with today's celebrations: