500 Things to do in the 500 Days until the Big 3-0: 146. Just Like Grandma Made Them

6th June, Brick Lane, London

My grandmother made the best cookies in the world!

She was also the funniest little old lady there ever was and I still miss her like mad. She was the one who taught me how to wear lipstick and perfume and every day even after the young age of 80 she always dressed in her blue skirts and white blouses having done her hair each morning. And every single time I visited or called her, the final thing she would say to me was 'Are you having fun? It's important, make sure you're having as much fun as you can'.

Every birthday up until I was 15 she would make her nut meringue cookies with chocolate butter cream for my birthday parties and they were the highlight of the birthday. Then again, my parents never gave me that pony.

Now I'm not great at baking. Especially not pretty baking. I can make fairly tasty brownies if necessary, but they tend to look like someone sat on them. I do however have all of my grandmother's cookie recipes in my possession and ahead of the Swedish National day I decided to make an attempt at actually baking some of them. Seven to be more exact.

Luckily for everyone attending the Swedish National Day festivities, my baking attempt was not as disastrous as I would have expected. I did not set the kitchen on fire and I didn't poison anyone. The cookies did however look very little like my grandmother's... I suspect I'm not patient enough to make the egg whites as fluffy as they're suppose to be, I over heat the oven to speed up the process and I'm in an extreme hurry to lick the bowl after I'm finished and that may have something to do with the rather unpretty results.

Although they may not have looked as nice as when my grandmother made them, they were all crazy tasty.

Thanks Grandma!