Description
Make these tender, buttery Linzer-style cookies filled with sweet jam. This recipe offers an elegant, classic European-inspired dessert perfect for holidays or tea time.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/2 cup filling of your choice (passion fruit puree jam or mango jam recommended)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Cream the butter and granulated sugar in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg yolks; beat for one minute.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond flour, all-purpose flour, salt, spices, and orange zest.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined, scraping down the bowl as needed.
- Divide the dough in half and press each half into a disc. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350° F.
- Lightly flour a work surface and roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out an even number of bottoms and an even number of tops using circular or linzer cookie cutters. Place cut cookies on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Reroll and cut remaining dough. Place all cut cookies in the fridge for another 30 minutes.
- Bake cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Repeat with remaining cookies. Let cookies cool for 10 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, spoon about 1 heaping teaspoon of filling onto the top of half of the cookies.
- Dust the remaining top cookies heavily with powdered sugar.
- Place the dusted tops onto the filled cookies to sandwich them together.
Notes
- You can refrigerate the dough for up to two days in advance.
- Dust the top cookies heavily with powdered sugar because some sugar will absorb into the cookie over time.
- Prep Time: 45 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: European-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 90
- Fat: 11
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 18
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 45
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