Last year for the Historical Romance Cookie Hop, I experimented with a new cookie, so this year, I thought I’d continue along that vein and attempt to make my husband’s favorite, Linzer Tarts. They turned out amazing, but they are the most difficult cookies I’ve ever made. (I ground my own almonds into almond flour.)
I’m so glad I made them though. They’re even better the second day after they’ve been stored in an air-tight container.
The dusted confectioners’ sugar on top reminded me of snow and in turn, the history of snowmen. No one knows when the first snowman was built. According to Bob Eckstein, who wrote The History of the Snowman, the earliest illustration of the beloved winter staple was found in 1380 in a prayer book called a book of hours in The Hague, a museum in the Netherlands. The National Library of Whales houses the very first photograph of a snowman. It was taken in 1853 by a female photographer, Mary Dillwyn, who took many images in the domestic life in 19th century Britain.
2021 Historical Romance Authors Holiday Cookie Hop
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Email your completed list of author names, with their treat names, to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com with the heading: “Historical Romance Authors are Sweet” to be entered into the $150 gift card grand prize random drawing.
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe, Lori, the Linzer Tarts sound delish!!
You’re welcome. Hope you enjoyed the cookie hop, Carole. 🙂 Happy Holidays.