Every May Day, I make cookies. In some parts of the United States, May baskets are made as part of the May Day tradition, a celebration of Spring that can include activities like a maypole dance and crowning a queen of May. May baskets are small baskets usually filled with flowers or treats, left anonymously on someone's doorstep.
We've always altered the holiday slightly. When my daughters' were little, we would pick Roses and make horns (to serve as holders for the flowers, made out of colored paper). After my son was born, we started baking cookies to give to friends and family on May 1st.
We've always added a note or a card letting people know that the gift is from us.
Happy May Day!
Enjoy these easy and yummy May Day Brownies.
8 Tablespoons (1 cube) of butter, melted
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar
3/4 cup of baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of flour
Directions: preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8 x 8 inch square baking pan. In a medium sized bowl, add all ingredients, excluding flour. With a spoon, mix thoroughly, lastly add the flour and stir again. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the brownie mixture comes out clean.
