Linzer Cookies
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
48
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
- 1 cup flour (all-purpose)
- 1⁄2 cup ground hazelnuts
- 1⁄2 cup ground almonds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon clove (ground)
- 1⁄2 cup raspberry jam
directions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Cream butter and sugar with electric mixer. Add egg yolk and beat until light and fluffy. Add grated lemon rind and juice, then add cocoa and blend. Set aside.
- Mix flour, nuts, and spices. Pour the butter/egg mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork or hands as for a piecrust. Dough will be soft. Place in a bowl cover, and refrigerate for an hour.
- Take half-teaspoonfuls of dough and roll into balls. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet (cookies should not spread much). With your pinkie finger, make a small indentation in the center of each cookie - don't punch through to the cookie shet. Fill the indentation with a dab of raspberry (or cherry, or strawberry) jam.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Loosen cookies from the sheet when they're first out of the oven, but leave on the sheets until they're cool.
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