Oatmeal-Cranberry Cookies

About a year ago , I went to a ladies get together on a Friday afternoon at the home of my Irish friend, Lisa.  She moved to Puerto Rico because of her husband’s work a couple of years ago and we have become friends through our children’s school.  Lisa is a fun and classy gal…

Almond Mantecaditos

As a young girl my grandmother Ita would make Mantecaditos for me every time she came to visit from Ponce, the southern part of the island.  I learned to make her recipe, a variation of  Carmen Aboy Valdejully’s cookbook Cocina Criolla.  Ita would alter the recipe and substitute vanilla for the almond extract and place…