Mini Linzer Cookies

Name: Mini Linzer Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 828 milliliters flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 177 milliliters good raspberry preserves; 0 teaspoons salt; 340 grams unsalted butter at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Mini Linzer Cookies a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 154 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 36. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up flour, butter, raspberry preserves, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter and sugar until they are just combined.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture.

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Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut 2 3/4-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter. With 1/2 of the rounds, cut a hole from the middle of each round with a heart or spade shaped cutter.

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Dough

Roll

Place all the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and chill for 15 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.

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Oven

Spread raspberry preserves on the flat side of each solid cookie. Dust the top of the cut-out cookies with confectioners' sugar and press the flat sides together, with the raspberry preserves in the middle and the confectioners' sugar on the top.

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Powdered Sugar