Comments on: Two-Bite Jam Tarts: By Any Other Name

By: Debby

Debby — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:38:23 +0000

Great Scott! I’m in love…with your photos, recipe and the whole blog.
(So much for my sugar detox attempt) I love thumb print cookies, but these go to a whole new level!

By: Just Some Randomness « Slice of Sueshe

Just Some Randomness « Slice of Sueshe — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:21:10 +0000

[...] on here before. If you haven’t checked it out, you should. I came across Marilyn’s “Two-Bite Jam Tarts” post the other day and I knew I had to try it out. I loved the cream cheese dough! It came out soft [...]

By: Sharyn from Pittsburgh

Sharyn from Pittsburgh — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:15:54 +0000

Thank you so much for your personal message regarding using the KitchenAid, Marilyn. I appreciate your thoughtfulness! The tarts turned out WONDERFULLY and my co-workers will flip tomorrow when I bring them in. Keep writing this stupendous blog – love it!

By: Barista Girl

Barista Girl — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:23:31 +0000

So true, so true… In baking form is everything! What’s to keep me from calling the above two bite jam tookielettes hamantaschen? I know I don’t need to tell you. Besides, these little “bread muffin” Frankenstein abominations roll! They roll Marilyn! You know how I treasure my precious system at the shop and these muffins have messed up the displays entirely. Argh!

By: mary

mary — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:28:03 +0000

The tarts are so lovely! Alice in Wonderland desserts!

By: Sandie

Sandie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:20:50 +0000

Great tips about using a mixer v. food processor. What I want to know is how you create the PDF link to your recipes? I have looked into doing that, but never found a direct answer so I guess I’m not technologically advanced enough to pull that one off (yet).

Stating the obvious here, but these tartlettes are gorgeous! In addition to eating them, I’d have those last two shots matted and framed and hanging in my kitchen. Beautiful.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:52:18 +0000

A lot of delicious yammering here! Please note that this one is now a printable PDF recipe; just click on the link below the recipe title.

About mixing the Cream Cheese Dough in a KitchenAid:

I tested it today and yes, it’s fine – just follow the dough instructions in the printable version. A note about mixer vs. food processor: the food processor will cut the butter and cream cheese very finely into the dough, giving you maximum flakiness and height. The mixer beats it up a little more – it’s still tender and flaky, with just a few less layers.

If you do use a stand mixer for this dough and it gets a little soft and sticky, plastic-wrap it and chill to firm before you roll.

Know what? It’s good just about any which way, including made by hand, as seen on Renovation Therapy. Enjoy!

By: muddywaters

muddywaters — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:45:10 +0000

These would make good inaugural treats. They’re full of hope, optimism, and all-around goodness.

We all get a little fussy about the naming of things.

Remember when Andy Rooney was on the Martha Stewart show making ice cream, and Martha added eggs to the ice cream and insisted on calling it ice cream. Andy Rooney suddenly became even more crotchety and informed Martha that adding eggs would make it a custard. Even though he was right, Martha wouldn’t agree with him.

My wife, who is a rancher’s daughter, gets upset when I use the term pickup truck. She claims that “pickup truck” is redundant, and then she claims that a pickup and truck are actually two different vehicles. On the ranch, I guess, a truck would refer to a big truck, like a grain truck, etc. On the other hand, a pickup is a smaller truck used for smaller errands. I still don’t get it.

However, I have learned not to use the term “cow” to refer to all cattle. I guess, all cows are female. This I understand quite well now.

I get upset when people refer to anything with a bbq sauce as bbq. I firmly believe that BBQ is a cooking method that involves cooking meat for an extensive period of time over a low heat. Just because you slather sauce on a hunk of meat doesn’t make it BBQ.

I guess, I shouldn’t have “yammered” so much. Anyway, these two-bite jam tarts look great.

By: Giff (Constables Larder)

Giff (Constables Larder) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:30:50 +0000

– love your banana bread story

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:35:06 +0000

These are spledidly adorable. Love combo of jams and cream cheese. Do you think I could use the kitchen aid to knead rather than by hand? Thanks for any insight. I’d like to try these.