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Linzer cookies are one of the most classic Christmas cookies ever. We love the combination of the flavorful, rich cookie and the sweet fruity jam. Linzer Cookies Nothing could be more festive on the holiday table than a tray of these, buttery, confectioners' sugar-dusted, jam-packed cookies, created by blogger Alexandra Stafford at Alexandra's Kitchen. The hint of lemon in the dough nicely complements any number of fillings, from raspberry jam to lemon curd.
Linzer Cookies is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Linzer Cookies is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have linzer cookies using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Linzer Cookies:
- Prepare Cookies
- Make ready 150 grams ground almonds
- Take 260 grams all purpose flour/plain flour
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 zest of one small lemon
- Take 226 grams unsalted butter
- Take 150 grams granulated white sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 2 large egg yolks
- Make ready Toppings
- Get 60 grams confectioners' /icing sugar
- Prepare 120 grams raspberry/black currant jam ( or other jams), well stirred
Linzer Cookies are named after a Linzer Torte, which was originated in Linz, Austria. The torte is a pastry traditionally filled with black currant preserves and topped with a lattice crust. So the cookies take the same idea and flavors of the torte, but the dough is cut into cookies instead and sandwiched with the preserves. Linzer Cookies are an adaptation of the torte, featuring a similar dough as the cookie and filled with fruit preserves.
Steps to make Linzer Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
- In a bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, salt and lemon zest and mix them together.
- Using an electric hand mixer, or a stand mixer, cream butter.
- Add sugar to the creamed butter and continue to beat till light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and egg yolks.
- Mix in the ground almonds and flour mixture.
- Divide dough into 3 parts. Using a cling wrap or a parchment paper to cover the dough, roll to about 1/4 inch thick. Refrigerate the dough till firm.
- Remove one of the dough and using a larger cookie cutter, cut out the cookies. Using a smaller cookie cutter, cut out the centre of half of the batch. Place them on a prepared baking sheets.
- If ur cookies become soft, pop them back into the fridge and let it firm up. Reroll any scraps and cut out the remaining cookies.
- Bake the cookies about 12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
- Once the cookies are fully cooled, sprinkle icing sugar on the cookies that had their centre cut out.
- Spread thin layer of jam on the bottom surface of the full cookie, with the top of the cookie facing outside.
- Place both cookies together and gently sandwich them together. Using a small spoon, fill the cut out with a little more jam.
- Tips: If you want the cookies to stay crisp when eating, assemble the cookies on the day of serving. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for several days.
- Makes 26 3 inch cookies. Recipe from JoyOfBaking.com
So the cookies take the same idea and flavors of the torte, but the dough is cut into cookies instead and sandwiched with the preserves. Linzer Cookies are an adaptation of the torte, featuring a similar dough as the cookie and filled with fruit preserves. Instead of a lattice crust, the top cookie has a hole cut out so the jam shows through. Allow to cool to room temperature. Linzer Cookies are one of those cookies that I've never been thrilled about.
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