Don’t these cookies remind you of the Virginia Lee Burton children’s story The Little House?
My friend Briar made this gorgeous gift of fabulously delicious baked treats for my family. The bursting-full-of-yumminess box contained gingerbread cookies, Willowdale signature cookies, pumpkin bread, and apple cake (her Italian grandmother’s recipe), which Briar enhanced to include cranberries.
Imagine, as the prorpietor of Willowdale (she employs over 100 local people), Briar still makes time to bake and hand decorate cookies and treats for her friends and family. Very fortunately for we, her friends, she bakes throughout the year, not just at Christmastime!
Briar has perfected her gingerbread cookie recipe. The “Little House” cookies not only look amazing, they are actually super delicious as well (which isn’t always the case with gingerbread house dough).
Several years ago, I took Briar to the Cape Ann Museum to show her the wonderful Virginia Lee Burton exhibit. I love Briar’s gingerbread house cookies and they remind me greatly of Burton’s extraordinarily beautiful children’s book The Little House. What do you think?
I imagine that if a local baker wanted to make the connection between Virginia Lee Burton, Gloucester, and Little House cookies, it would fill a terrific niche and they would have a ready made market!
What The Little House would look like on a snowy day just like today!
Virginia Lee Burton daisy sun detail.
The Little House images are courtesy of a google image search.
Good Morning Gloucester 
My favorite children’s book!! The cookies look delicious. My mother was a Folly Cove Designer with VLB. Gloucester has such a rich artistic history. I think cookies are a great addition……
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One of mine, too Beth, along with Life Story. Glad you approve of the proposed cookie idea!
Would love to know-do you mind sharing who was your Mom? All the Folly Cove designers were just simply extraordinary individually and as a group, even more so.
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Excellent Idea here…:-)
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Beautiful ~ great idea! But I think I’m really loving the gingerbread house with the sugar baby roof. That combo must be a long delicious chew! Butbutbut ~ they are so beautiful how do you eat them 😉
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Reluctantly Mary, but not too!
I wonder if you received my email re your email in regard to Dales Cove House? Because of the newsletter that i send to my gardening friends readers, my emails often initially go to spam.
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I did ~ thank you ~ a reply is on the way today 🙂
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Kim,
Those Beautiful cookies and your lovely story may inspire me to cook today! I enjoy your posts so much.
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Thank you Anonymous, very kind of you to say. Perfect day for cooking! Very best wishes to you.
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