Linzer Cookies

Name: Linzer Cookies
Prep time: 2 h 18 min
Cook time: 2 h 18 min
Total time: 2 h 18 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 6 larges egg yolks; 1 liters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 Grated zest of lemon; 1 Grated zest of orange; 237 milliliters pecans; 237 milliliters seedless raspberry preserves; 1 teaspoon salt; 5 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 355 milliliters whole almonds

The recipe Linzer Cookies can be made in roughly 2 hours and 18 minutes. This recipe serves 40. One serving contains 272 calories, 4g of protein, and 17g of fat. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. A mixture of almonds, butter, raspberry preserves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Linzer Augen (Linzer Eyes Aka Linzer Tarts or Linzer Cookies), Linzer Cookies, and Linzer Cookies.

Instructions

Position racks in the lower and upper third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

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Place the almonds and pecans on a baking sheet; toast on the upper oven rack until lightly browned and fragrant, about 8 minutes.

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Almonds

Pecans

Sandwich Bread

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool, then pulse in a food processor with 1/4 cup granulated sugar until finely ground. (Don't overprocess or the mixture will turn into a paste.) Turn off the oven.

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Granulated Sugar

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Food Processor

Oven

Whisk the flour, cinnamon, cardamom and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

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Cardamom

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Using a mixer, beat the butter and the remaining 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract, egg yolks, and the lemon and orange zest; add the ground nuts.

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Granulated Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Orange Zest

Egg Yolk

Butter

Lemon

Nuts

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Blender

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Add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated (do not over mix). Divide the dough into 2 pieces; place 1 piece between 2 lightly floured sheets of parchment paper and roll into a 14-inch square, about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat with the other piece of dough. Refrigerate both rectangles, covered with the parchment sheets, until firm, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Baking Paper

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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Oven

Cut the dough into hearts with a 2 1/4- to 2 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Using a smaller heart-shaped cutter (about 1 1/2 inches), cut out the centers from half of the cookies (you can reroll the centers and scraps).

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Dough

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Cookie Cutter

Place the cookies, about 1 inch apart, on baking sheets and bake 2 sheets at a time until the edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Cool on wire racks.

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Oven

Sift confectioners' sugar over the cookies.

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Powdered Sugar

Spread 1 teaspoon raspberry preserves evenly over each whole heart cookie, leaving a slight border around the edge; top with the cut-out heart cookies.

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Raspberry Preserves

Spread

Photograph by Allan Penn

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Servings:

59milliliters

confectioners' sugar 6larges

egg yolks 1liters

all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 355milliliters

granulated sugar 1teaspoons

ground cardamom 2teaspoons

ground cinnamon 1

Grated zest of lemon 1

Grated zest of orange 237milliliters

pecans 237milliliters

seedless raspberry preserves 1teaspoon

salt 5sticks

unsalted butter, at room temperature 1Tbsp

vanilla extract 355milliliters

whole almonds

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Prosecco, Port, Moscato Dasti

Linzer Cookie works really well with Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Prosecco. Sweet bubbly Prosecco doesn't overwhelm simple sugar or shortbread cookies, a sweet cream sherry complements spiced cookies, and madeira's nutty notes match cookies with nuts perfectly. You could try NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "