Linzer Cookies Recipe

Last Updated on December 6, 2017

As soon as i saw this video on youtube, i know i have to give it a try. It is such a cute cookie to try but taste so delicious and pretty easy to make as well.

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These cookies make a great holiday treat as well as a great christmas present. You can put them in small plastic cover, tie them with a ribbon and you are good to go..

These are not only great for christmas, it makes a great recipe for valentines day as well. The only thing is use the best tasting and your favourite jam in this..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Chilling Time : 2 hours

Baking Time : 10 to 15 mins

Makes : 20 to 24 cookies

Recipe Source: Laura in the kitchen

Ingredients:

Soft Unsalted Butter - ¾ cup / 170 grams

Sugar - 1 cup / 200 grams

Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp

Eggs - 2

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 cups / 360 grams

Baking Powder - ½ tsp

Salt - ¼ tsp
Jam - as needed (Use any of your favourite jam)
Icing Sugar / Confectioners Sugar - 3 to 4 tblspn

(My 1 cup measures 240 ml)

Method:

Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Now add in one egg at a time and whip till fluffy.

Add in flour, baking powder and salt and whip again till it is mixed into a soft dough.

Now wrap this in plastic and chill this for couple of hours.

Once the dough is chilled. Cut it in half.

Now preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Roll the dough into ¼ inch thickness and use a round cutter to cut out circles. Now use smaller cookie cutter to cut out some of the round cicles to create a window pattern through which the jam can show when they are sandwiched.

Arrange it in a parchment lined baking tray.

Bake for 12 to 15 mins. If your cookies are thicker it may take upto 15 mins.

Now remove it from oven and cool it down completely.

Now take the whole cookies and arrange it bottom size up on a plate. Smear jam over it, now in the cut out top cookies sprinkle with icing sugar. Now sandwich the cookies together.

Now store this in a air tight container.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Take soft butter in a bowl

add in sugar

add in vanilla

use a beater to whip this up

now it is well creamed

add in one egg at a time

whip well

add another egg

whip till creamy

add in flour

add in baking powder and salt

mix well

make it into a soft dough

spread a sheet of plastic wrap

place the dough in

wrap it well

chill this for couple of hours

Take half of the dough

Warm it with your hands and shape it into round

roll it out

You need a big round cookie cutter and small ones

U can see the cutter size now..

Dip the cutter in flour

cut out cookies

remove the extra

Now dip the small cutter in flour as well

cut out the inside part

like this

arrange it in a baking tray

Now bake this for 10 to 15 mins

Remove it to a cooling rack and cool completely

Take the whole cookie

Flip it over, so the bottom comes on the top

arrange it in a plate

Take your favourite jam

dollop it over and spread lightly

Now place the top of the cookies in a rack..

sieve some icing sugar on top

like this

sandwich them

Enjoy

Comments

Anonymous

December 20, 2015 at 10:19 am

Hi,
Where did you buy these cookie cutters

Anonymous

December 22, 2015 at 2:51 pm

Subsitute for eggs please??

Aarthi

December 23, 2015 at 2:17 pm

@Anonymousi got these online

Aarthi

December 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm

@Anonymousu can use my eggless sugar cookies

Aarthi

April 24, 2016 at 7:54 am

@AnonymousI got it online in bakewala

Swetha

November 23, 2017 at 9:00 am

Hi aarthi how many days can these cookies be kept outside?And can i prepare the dough a day before and keep in fridge and bake it next day or so.

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