Linzer Torte
photo by lilsweetie
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 236.59 ml unsalted butter
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 226.79 g almonds, ground
- 14.79 ml brandy
- 1 lemon, juice and zest of, grated
- 473.18 ml flour, sifted
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 473.18 ml jam (flavor of your choice) or 473.18 ml preserves (flavor of your choice)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Beat egg yolks.
- Whip egg whites to stiff peaks.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add beaten egg yolks, almonds and brandy and lemon rind and juice.
- Sift flour and baking powder together and add gradually to creamed mixture.
- Fold in stiffly-beaten egg whites.
- Roll out 2/3 of the dough and line a 9" springform pan, with the bottom thicker than sides.
- Fill with jam.
- Roll remaining dough, cut into strips and place into crisscrosses on top.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Before serving, fill any hollows with jam.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States