Linzer Heart Sandwich Cookies
photo by Barbell Bunny
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
15 cookies
ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2⁄3 cup ground almonds (or almond flour)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- confectioners' sugar (for dusting)
directions
- In a small bowl, combine flour, ground almonds, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In another bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Mix well.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture, mixing only until incorporated.
- Divide dough into 2 pieces. Press each piece into a small disk (about 1-inch thick) between two sheets of parchment paper. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm enough to roll (the dough is very sticky to work with otherwise).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Work with one piece of dough at a time while the remainder stays in the fridge. On a floured surface, roll out one disk of dough 1/8-inch thick.
- Using cookie cutters of your choosing (I love hearts), cut out pieces of dough. For half of your cookies, punch out the center of the cookies with a smaller cookie cutter for that classic Linzer sandwich presentation.
- Any remaining dough scraps can be reused, but they must be chilled for at least 30 minutes before they are rerolled.
- Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, spread the whole/bottom cookies with about a teaspoon of jam (or filling of your choosing).
- Dust the top of the top cookies with confectioners' sugar.
- Gently sandwich jam'ed bottom and top cookies together.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Barbell Bunny
United States
<p>I am an amateur cook and baker, but I love experimenting with new recipes and adapting them to my tastes, macros, and dietary preferences.</p>
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