Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's my favorite way to use our wineberry jam.  I bake a batch of my Grandma's "Special Tea Cookies".  Cut them into heart shapes.  Spread homemade jam between two cookies.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar.  Nothing says 'I love you' better than these buttery, sweet treats, made with happy chicken eggs and preserved berries straight out of the briar patch!

My Grandma's Special Tea Cookies
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Stir together flour and salt in small bowl; set aside.  In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients, mixing well, and scraping down sides of bowl as needed.   Divide dough into two balls; cover with wax paper and refrigerate.

Flour your work surface and rolling pin liberally with a mixture of 1/2 flour, 1/2 powdered sugar.  Roll dough 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick.  Cut into desired shapes.  Bake ~ 6 1/2 minutes until lightly brown.  Sprinkle with colored sugar prior to baking... glaze with a thin icing... frost with buttercream icing... make sandwich cookies with jam...