Linzer Cookies (Sandwich Cookies) recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups ground hazelnuts
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
½ lemon, zested
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 egg yolk
½ cup jam, or to taste
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Nutrition Info

135.7 calories
carbohydrate: 14.5 g
cholesterol: 23.1 mg
fat: 8.3 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 1.5 g
saturatedFat: 4.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 45.8 mg
sugar: 6.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix together flour, ground hazelnuts, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla sugar in a large bowl. Add butter and egg yolk and knead until everything is well combined. Divide dough in 1/2, pat into discs, wrap in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator until firm, about 1 hour.

  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Remove dough from the refrigerator and roll on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies using desired cookie cutter shape. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. On 1/2 of the cookies, remove a \"peekaboo\" cutout using a smaller cookie cutter.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven just until edges are beginning to turn golden, about 5 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack. Spread jam on the warm whole cookies and top with the cutout cookies.

  5. Let cookies rest until softened a bit, 8 hours to overnight. Dust with remaining confectioners' sugar just before serving.

Recipe Yield

30 cookies

Recipe Note

Nutty Linzer sandwich cookies filled with jam. Usually they are filled with apricot or strawberry jam. I used orange marmalade once and they were delicious.

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