Mini Linzer Cookies from Barefoot Conessa (Ina Garten)

Submitted by Karla S.

"This is a Barefoot Contessa recipe. I just love her recipes. Although it was the first time that I have made linzer cookies, I found the directions easy to follow and the cookie to taste wonderful and light! Thanks Ina!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 36 Cookies
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 3⁄4 lb unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup good raspberry preserves
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter and sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
3. Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut 2 3/4-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter. With 1/2 of the rounds, cut a hole from the middle of each round with a heart or spade shaped cutter. Place all the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and chill for 15 minutes.
4. Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature. Spread raspberry preserves on the flat side of each solid cookie. Dust the top of the cut-out cookies with confectioners' sugar and press the flat sides together, with the raspberry preserves in the middle and the confectioners' sugar on the top.

Reviews

[SallyRose]

I made this for Christmas. It is simple and easy to follow. The dough is a simple butter cookie flavor with very basic ingredients. No nuts, eggs. I made a small batch of homemade jam to go with these linzer cookies. To avoid the cookies going soggy, I decided to spread jam on the cookies when we were ready to eat them. In the enclosed picture, I paired up the cookies, but left the jam out.