Lemon Drop Cookies
Whether it be lemon donuts, lemon bars, lemon cake, Grandma Barker loved lemon anything as much as I did. I always […]
Category: The Barker Bites
Blog to Book project, published in 2025, sharing my memories of growing up in suburban Minneapolis in the 1970’s
WINTER
Wintertime in Minneapolis To love wintertime in Minneapolis, one must learn how to love the snow and cold. It was never my […]
Thumbprint Cookies
These are my Mom's favorite Christmas cookie. Carolyn Hynnek used to make them for her years ago, and I ended up […]
Toffee Bars
I loved how the house smelled when my Mom baked these at Christmas time. I still remember her smoothing out the chocolate, […]