Valentine Linzer Cookies
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Category
Dessert
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Cusine
American
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
3/4 cups butter , room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups finely ground blanched almonds or hazelnuts
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
6 ounces raspberry jam, or other red preserve
Powdered sugar
Directions
Beat the butter in a standing electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar and continue beating. Beat in the egg, lemon zest, and vanilla extract.
Whisk together the flour, ground nuts, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add to butter sugar egg mixture a third at a time, beating well after each addition.
Form the dough into disks, wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour. out dough between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Put rolled dough in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to firm up before cutting. oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut out the base cookie shapes. Cut out the centers of half the disks with a smaller cookie cutter shape. Re-roll scraps and repeat. for 12 minutes at 350 degrees F or until edges turn golden. Cool on a wire rack. the jam or jelly and spread the solid disks with a layer of the hot preserves. Place the top layer cookie over the bottom, pressing down lightly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, then fill the holes with more preserves. Let set slightly before serving.