Easy Linzer Cookies
These easy cookies have the classic Linzer flavor without too much work.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies
- Category: dessert
- Cuisine: Austrian
Ingredients
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup jam
powdered sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract until well combined.
- Mix in the flour and salt until a soft dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least a half hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to about 1/8-inch thick.
- Cut out hearts or circles in the dough. Cut a small heart out of center of half the cookies. Continue rolling out and cutting out dough shapes until all the dough is used.
- Place the cut out cookies onto the prepared baking sheets. Freeze the cookies on the sheets for about 5 minutes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 9-10 minutes, until they just barely start turning golden (do not overbake!) Allow to cool completely.
- Once cooled, dust the tops of the cookies that have the cutouts. Spoon about a teaspoon of jam on the bottom of the remaining cookies, and then sandwich the cookies together.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or a week in the fridge.
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