Linzer Cookies

Makes 9-10

Ingredients

• For the cookies

  • 113 gr unsalted butter, room temp

  • 50 gr powdered sugar

  • 1 egg yolk

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 140 gr flour

  • 60 almond flour

  • Pinch of salt

• For the filling

  • Raspberry Jam

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, beat the butter, and powdered sugar for 2 minutes with a spatula or a hand mixer. Add egg yolk, and vanilla, mix to combine. Sift the flour, almond flour, and salt. Mix until it resembles cookie dough. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.

3. Lightly flour a clean surface and the rolling pin. Roll the dough into 1 cm/0.3 inch thickness. Cut cookies using a 6 cm/2.5 inch round cookie cutter. Transfer cookies to the baking sheet. You can re-roll the dough one more time to make more cookies. Using a small star cookie cutter, cut out the middle of half of the cookies.

4. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Chill the cookies in the fridge for 15 minutes.

5. Bake for 10 minutes. Transfer them to a cooling rack to fully cool.

6. To assemble, dust powder sugar to the cookies with star cutout. Spread jam to the whole cookies and top with the cookies with star cutout. Enjoy!