Simple Way to Make Award-winning Linzer cookies

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, linzer cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Linzer cookies is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Linzer cookies is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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 are one of the most classic Christmas cookies ever. We love the combination of the flavorful, rich cookie and the sweet fruity jam.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have linzer cookies using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Linzer cookies:

1. Take 200 grams butter
2. Get 380 grams flour
3. Prepare 200 grams powdered sugar
4. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
5. Make ready 80 grams almonds flour
6. Take 1 apricot jam or strawberry jam
7. Prepare 4 egg yolks
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
9. Make ready 1 pinch of salt
10. Make ready 1 lemon… ONLY ZEST

Allow to cool to room temperature. The torte traditionally was made of flour, ground nuts, sugar, egg yolks, citrus zest and spices. It was filled with preserves and topped with a lattice crust. Linzer Tarts With a creamy chocolate and hazelnut filling, these decadent Christmas cookies look and taste amazing.

Instructions to make Linzer cookies:

1. In a bowl of an electric mixer, mix the butter (room temperature) until creamy
2. Add the powdered sugar and mix. Than add in the same bowl, the egg yolks, vanilla extract, lemon or orange zest and mix for 2 minutes.
3. Add the almonds flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix!
4. Finally add the flour all at once. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and pit it in the fridge for 20 minutes.
5. Roll the dough 1/4 inch and cut 2 3/4 inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter. With 1/2 of the rounds, cut a hole from the middle of each round with a heart or round small shape. I cut them with a star shape..
6. Place all the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and chill for 15 minutes.
7. Bake the cookies until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
8. Spread apricot or strawberry jam on the flat side of each solid cookie. Dust the top of cut-out cookies with powdered sugar and press the flat sides together with the raspberry jam in the middle and the powdered sugar on the top
9. Enjoy them with your family!

It was filled with preserves and topped with a lattice crust. Linzer Tarts With a creamy chocolate and hazelnut filling, these decadent Christmas cookies look and taste amazing. Guests will never guess how relatively easy they are to make. —Mary Maddox, Bellmore, New York In the states, Linzer cookies are a popular item at bakeries, especially around the holidays. They're basically a mini-version of a Linzer Torte, which was first made in Austria. The dough tastes like an almond shortbread, and the tangy raspberry balances out that sweetness!

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