Linzer Tarts
"Grandma's Recipe"
photo by Mister Lizard
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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30 sandwich cookies
- Serves:
- 30
ingredients
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 12 ounces seedless raspberry preserves
- 1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar, approximate
directions
- Cream butter, add sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients and blend thoroughly.
- Chill for about 1/2 an hour.
- Roll out dough between 1/8 and 1/4 inch on a lightly floured surface.
- Cut half of the dough with flower cookie cutter, and the other half with the same cutter, but with centers removed.
- Bake each batch 6-10 minutes at 400 degrees, or until just golden brown.
- Spread preserves on whole cookies (bottoms), and top with cutouts.
- Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar until covered.
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Reviews
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Loved this recipe. It was very easy to make, not too crumbly and quite delicious. Even my daughter liked hers! I substituted 1 teaspoon of the vanilla with natural orange extract, which worked well with raspberry jam for the filling.
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Loved this recipe. It was very easy to make, not too crumbly and quite delicious. Even my daughter liked hers! I substituted 1 teaspoon of the vanilla with natural orange extract, which worked well with raspberry jam for the filling.
