Spritz cookies are a Scandinavian Christmas tradition. The cookies are spritzen’ed, or “squirted,” through a press with patterned holes and dipped in chocolate or other flavoring. They are meant to be dry, crisp, and buttery, and Naomi Miller-Dawson’s recipe is decidedly not meant to be forgotten.

Nestled along an unmarked, unpaved footpath in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, the 87-year-old’s lighthearted gravestone epitaph is a tip of the hat to life’s simple joys.