May 04 2007
Get your mom some “bloomers”!
May is here – a month when we all focus on planting our gardens, and tiding up the yard, looking forward to those warm summer days.
But wait, this is the month we celebrate motherhood.
While driving up from Virginia, we saw a sign by a garden center that read “Mother called, she needs bloomers”! I must say we had a chuckle.
So on the light side, you should check out our seductive lace lingerie at LaviniaLingerie.com and get mom the “bloomers”, she would enjoy. Lets head for the kitchen and make these delightful Linzer Tarts for Mothers Day.
May is looking really good.
Linzer Tarts
2 cups flour
1½ sticks of butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup of grounded almonds(optional)
(Smuckers) red or black seedless raspberry jam
Confectionnary sugar for dusting tarts
Cookie cutters set
Mix the first six ingredients in a food processor or by hand. Let the dough rest for about one hour in the refrigerator. Roll dough 1/3 at a time, 1/8 of an inch thick (more on the thinner side). Using the cookie cutter set, choose your desired size.
For entertaining, I prefer a 2 ¼” round cutter for the base, and the 1 inch for the center cut out on top. You should get about twenty three to twenty five cookies. Bake in preheated oven at 350 F.
Let cookies cool and spread jam on bottom base cookie, placing the ring cookie on top and dusting with powder sugar. ENJOY!!!!
