Making 36 to 40 cookies, this recipe, pulled from Garten’s 2001 cookbook, Barefoot Contessa Parties, calls for walnuts, semisweet chocolate chunks, brown sugar and more. Get the recipe from James Merrell/Clarkson Potter/Food Network. Barefoot Contessa Parties!
Ina Garten’s Shortbread Cookies are well worth the wait It does take an hour and quarter-hour — from begin to end — to make Garten’s Shortbread Cookies, featured on The Barefoot Contessa episode titled “Impromptu Dinner.” However they’re completely well worth the wait.
These shortbread cookies come from the brilliant Eli Zabar. They are the quintessence of shortbread and have been my all-time favorite cookie since the first time I tried one, over 15 years ago. We also use the dough for lots of variations on this recipe — Linzer cookies, pecan shortbread and even raspberry tart.
OK, so at her own house, Ina Gartencelebrates Hanukkah. But that doesn’t mean she can’t make your Christmas dinner dreams come true. Presenting our favorite Barefoot Contessa recipes, plus a few ingenious adaptations worth adding to your holiday rotation for good. RELATED RELATED The 51 Best Ina Garten Recipes of All Time