Cranberry Linzer Cookies

Name: Cranberry Linzer Cookies
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 283 grams cups (about all purpose flour; 198 grams 1/4 cups (about almond flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar, plus more for dusting; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 237 milliliters cranberry jam; 1 teaspoons salt; 99 grams 1/2 cup sugar; 16 Tbsps (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cranberry Linzer Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 36. One serving contains 157 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have cranberry jam, sugar, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle and lower middle positions and preheat oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, combine almond flour, flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; set aside. In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and 1 cup confectioners sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Add vanilla and egg and beat to combine.

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Vanilla

Egg

Add dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Divide dough into two equal portions, wrap in plastic wrap, and let chill in fridge for at least 30 minutes.

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Wrap

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On a clean, lightly floured work surface, roll out one ball of dough to a rectangle roughly 8-inches by 12-inches and 1/8-inch thick. Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter (see note above) cut out an even number of cookies. Use smaller cutter to cut holes in centers of half of cookies.

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Roll

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Place cookies on prepared baking sheet, leaving 1/2-inch space between each cookie. Gather cookie scrapes and re-roll until 1/8th-inch thick. Stamp more cookies. Continue until all of the dough is used up and the baking sheets are full.

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Bake cookies until golden, about 15 minutes, rotating back to front and top to bottom once during baking.

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Let cookies sit at room temperature until cool enough to handle, about 5 minutes.

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Transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.