Linzer Cookies

Serves: 4

Irwin Berge

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

47

Sweetness

46

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 cups

Butter

1 cup

Sugar

1

Egg

1 tsp

Lemon (rind)

1 tsp

Vanilla

2.25 cups

Cake Flour

1 tsp

Cinnamon

Directions:

1

Cream butter with paddle attachment

2

Add sugar and continue creaming

3

Add the egg, lemon, and vanilla and mix

4

Add nuts and mix

5

Stir together dry ingredients in a bowl and add to mixer and blend

6

Form into disks, wrap and chill

7

Roll out dough with floured rolling pin to 1/8-inch thickness on a well floured surface

8

Cut out disks, fluted if desired, approximately 2 inches in diameter

9

Cut out the centers of half the disks with a cutter in the shape of your choice

10

Re-roll scraps and repeat

11

Chill cut out dough

12

Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees F for 12 minutes or until edges turn golden then cool on a wire rack

13

Heat the jam and spread the solid disks with a layer of the hot jam

14

Glue on the lids pressing down lightly

15

Sprinkle with powdered sugar, then fill the holes with more jam

16

Let set slightly before serving