Author 35: Fran Manushkin makes Cheese Blintzes

Learn how to bring a touch of Spring with Mama's Cheese Blintzes in How Mama Brought the Spring by Fran Manushkin. She has many other books with Jewish themes and customs such as Latkes and Applesauce and Miriam's Cup: a Passover Story. Read more about this editor turned author who includes family members in books at www.franmanushkin.com.


We attempted to make the blintzes at the end of the story-the crepes turned out fine as seen below...
but the filling did not turn out for us-I think the Farmer's Cheese in the recipe is not the cottage cheese we used. The filling had farmer's cheese, eggs, and butter and was a liquidy gloppy mess for us. So, we just enjoyed the crepe part of the blintzes. I'm sure we'll eventually try another blintz recipe but with a different filling. Leave a comment if you'd like me to add the blintz crepe recipe.

In other news, Happy belated Easter! We tried coloring hollow eggs this year and we enjoyed a regional treat, Fernwood Almondettes!
The picture above is from the almondette we enjoyed. You can still buy them around the Salt Lake area or buy them through the Fernwood candy site at www.fernwoodcandy.com and here's their picture of almondettes: http://www.fernwoodcandy.com/p-almondettes.html . These sweet and delicious little morsels are a nougat-type divinity surrounded by chocolate and crushed almonds in the shape of an egg. They are scrumptious!