Linzer Cutouts

Name: Linzer Cutouts
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters About raspberry or apricot preserves, for filling; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 177 milliliters blanched and roasted hazelnuts; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoons salt; 12 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Linzer Cutouts requires approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This vegetarian recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 137 calories. A mixture of blanched and roasted hazelnuts, baking powder, granulated sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. Not a lot of people really liked this hor d'oeuvre.

Instructions

Pulse the hazelnuts and 1/8 cup granulated sugar in a food processor until finely ground.

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Granulated Sugar

Hazelnuts

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Food Processor

Transfer to a bowl and whisk in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves.

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Baking Powder

Cinnamon

Clove

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat the butter and the remaining 1/8 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and lemon zest. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Divide the dough in half, flatten each half into a 5-inch disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

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Granulated Sugar

Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

Egg

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Plastic Wrap

Blender

Bowl

Roll out each disk of dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper to 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, about 20 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Paper

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Cut out stars or trees using a 2-inch cookie cutter and place them 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Cookie Cutter

Cut out the centers of half of the cookies using smaller cutters. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Reroll the scraps just once and repeat. (Refrigerate the dough if it gets too soft.)

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Dough

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Bake until the cookies are golden brown around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack.

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Baking Sheet

Dust the cutout cookies generously with confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Spread about 1 teaspoon preserves on the underside of each whole cookie, then sandwich with the cutout cookies. Store in an airtight container up to 3 days.

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Preserves