When I was 7 years old I decided to enter a cookie in the West Texas Fair. I knew I wanted to do something that adult judges might really like, so I made almond thumbprint cookies with raspberry preserves and an almond glaze - and I won 2nd place! When I made these again later for a bake sale one February, I decided to make them heart-shaped, and "Shortbread Sweethearts" were … [Read more...]