ooey gooey minty bars

That’s what I’m calling them. The official recipe that I found is called midnight mints.. but once I made these & they were on the platter.. I decided hat I would re-mame them ( at least in this house 😉 )   Sunday morning, our oldest son, Jason, left  for his 6 month tour of duty […]

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cukoo for coconut

macaroons, that is! And as much as I love them, I can’t remember a time that I’ve actually made them. until now 😉 I used Ina\’s recipe… which had 5-star reviews. you will need: 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk 14 ounces sweetened shredded coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 extra large egg whites, at room temperature […]

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chocolate butter cookies

So remember when I tempted you yesterday with this cookies dough? I was making yet another recipe from my old stash Again.. no clue where I got the recipe, but I will tell you that this is quite simple & very versitle Chocolate Butter Cookies 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 teaspoon […]

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English Toffee Squares

you had me at ‘English’ I love tea… I love trifle… I love toffee.. not so sure about Scotch Eggs but Ryan insists that they will be delicious…..  we’ll see. someday. maybe. back to the cookie~ when I came across this recipe,  I knew this HAD  to be my cookie of the day. English Toffee Squares you will […]

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just checking……

Does this make you excited? How about this? just curious…..

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Happy Chanukah!

To my Jewish friends out there… and Happy December to my dear sweet friend spending time in Greece 🙂 Look what Farkle brought us!!!  He is too good to us!! Ryan ( who really likes bubble wrap ) asked me if I could make him a bubble wrap Advent calendar. Ok.. so it is a […]

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cookietime!

Happy December!   Clearly, I am a blog novice, so although I *made* a page just for cookies, I cannot get it to post as I can the main page.. so here is the link to that little page right up there which will be all about cookies!! barefootgirlcookies

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are you ready for some COOKIES????

barefootgirlcookies 2009   Bring on 2010!!!!

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the easiest cranberry sauce. ever.

Thant’s right, folks, easy peasy. I’m not talkin’ about use your can opener to crack open a jellied can, I’m talkin’ the real shabang First I’d like to share that I live smack dab in the middle of cranberry country. I sort of took for granted that these wonderful little berries are harvest literally right […]

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Thanksgiving thoughts

Hi friends.. remember me? it’s been awhile, I know. Here we are, Thanksgiving week and I’m getting ready for what is usually my favorite time of the year. Although this year has been difficult, I am still enamored with everything Autumn. Growing up, Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. Of course, as a child, Christmas […]

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