Christmas Linzer Cookies
Classic jam filled cookies perfect for Christmas. Fillings can range from various jams to hazelnut spreads only limited by your imagination.
Yield
72 servingsPrep
10 minCook
15 minReady
45 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
cornstarch
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 1 | large |
eggs
oor 2 egg yolks |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
milk
or cream |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
butter, unsalted
softened |
|
| 1 | x |
fruit jam
as needed, or chocolate frosting, or lemon curd |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 59 | ml |
cornstarch
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 1 | large |
eggs
oor 2 egg yolks |
|
| 45 | ml |
milk
or cream |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
butter, unsalted
softened |
|
| 1 | x |
fruit jam
as needed, or chocolate frosting, or lemon curd |
*
|
Directions
Mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, divide into half.
Mix egg, milk, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl or a measuring cup.
Cream sugar with butter until lightened and smooth.
Beat egg mixture into creamed butter until just combined.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead gently to shape into a soft dough.
Dough can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen up to 6 months.
Working with about ¼ of the dough at a time, roll dough to about ⅛ inch thick.
Using a 2-inch serrated cookie cutter, cut dough rounds.
Using a ½-inch cutter (the botom of a pastry tip works well), cut a hole or any other shape in the center of half the dough rounds to make cookie tops.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) degrees until golden, about 12 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
Smear a heaping ½ teaspoon complementary jam or chocolate icing or lemon curd on each cookie bottom, mounding centre a bit more generously.
Gently place top cookie over filling.
Dust with sugar if desired.
To Make Chocolate Linzer Cookies:
Dust with a mixture made up of equal amount of cocoa and sugar.
To Make Spice Linzer Cookies:
Fill layers with store-bought lemon curd or homemade.
