barefootgirl in the kitchen

I have been very fortunate throughout the years to have had close Italian friends who every year * smile* gave me as a gift… the classic Italian cookie… Pizzelles!!!!! I have wanted to make these on my own for awhile…. but did not have a pizzelle maker. At the end of last year, my friend, […]

I didn’t post yesterday’s cookie…. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t make it, I just got sidetracked & ran out of time.I’m sure that this has happened to you *wink* Yesterdays’ cookie was one that I first read about in Gourmet magazine in 2006.  It’s called Pistachio Cranberry icebox cookies This recipe is great because you […]

 Today is is big sugar cookie day!!  Making sugar cookies is a commitment due to all of the steps, but when you have many elves like I did today…. it’s no so bad 🙂 my helpers are my daughter, Alison, my daughter-in-law, Amanda, and my favorite 5-year old, my Leah!!  We usedEmeril’s Recipe for sugar […]

In the hopes that Jay & Amanda soon would be there… and my grandpuppies, Bruin & Kalli 🙂 They are leaving Florida tonight, (well in the middle of the night, technically tomorrow, but I will be sleeping, so my plead for thoughts comes now…) for the long drive up here to Massachusetts… I’m a mom […]

Todays’ ‘real cookie’  (sorry Scott) is actually a bar cookie.. and very, very easy.. a special Thank-you to my friend, Erika, who shared this recipe with me. *smooch* ….. this is Perfect for whipping up after a day of shopping, watching your favorite football team get their butts whipped or just put up the icicle […]