July 25: Christmas in July

Every July I have a "Christmas in July" sale for my Premier Designs Jewelry.  This year the boys were so excited about it that I needed to give them something to do!  I went into our crawl space and found the little Christmas tree, one box of ornaments, and one string of lights.  I brought it upstairs, put up the lights, and let the boys begin to decorate!  I even found some candy canes in the cupboard that they hung on the tree (and later ate!).  They were so adorable as the carefully found a good place for each ornament.  Koen even took empty jewelry boxes and placed them at the base of the tree as presents.  It certainly was a lot of fun!

One of the treats I put out for the jewelry show was Razz Ma Tazz bars.  These received many compliments so I thought I'd share the recipe with you.

Razz Ma Tazz Bars

• 2 sticks butter
• 2 - 12 oz. packages Nestle white morsels
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 1 12 oz. jar seedless raspberry jam
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

1. Grease a 9x13 pan.
2. Melt the butter, stir, and add 1 bag of white chips.  Let stand -- do NOT stir. 
3. Beat eggs until foamy.
4. Add sugar and beat until a light lemon color.
5. Stir into the butter mixture.
6. Add flour, salt, and extract.
7. Spread 2/3 into the pan and bake for 15-17 min. at 325 degrees.
8. Heat jam in microwave and spread over crust. 
9. Stir remaining morsels in remaining batter.
10. Drop spoonfuls of batter over the jam.
11. Sprinkle with almonds.
12. Bake 25-30 minutes at 325 degrees.
13. Cool and cut.