Linzer Heart Cookies
Serves
36
Total Time
1hrs 30mins
Calories
171
Classic Linzer cookies; make them heart-shaped for your Valentine or cut out simple rounds.
- Unsalted butter
1 ¼ cups (about 288 g)
- Granulated sugar
1 cup (about 204 g)
- Egg
2 (about 100 g)
- All purpose flour
3 cups (about 389 g)
- Cocoa powder
1 tablespoon (about 6 g)
- Salt
1 g (about ⅛ teaspoon)
- Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon
- Nutmeg
¼ teaspoonfinely grated
- Ground cloves
1 g (about ½ teaspoon)
- Ground almonds
2 cups (about 298 g)
- Jam
as needed
- Powdered sugar
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean stand mixer bowl
- 2. Cream together until light and fluffy
- 3. Add egg to the dough
- 4. Mix well until smooth
- 5. Add all purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves to a clean large mixing bowl
- 6. Whisk together
- 7. Mix dry ingredients into dough gradually
- 8. Add ground almonds to the dough
- 9. Mix until dough forms
- 10. Wrap with plastic wrap
- 11. Chill in fridge - 1 hr
- 12. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- 13. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- 14. Roll dough until 1/8" (5mm) thick
- 15. Cut out
- 16. Bake until golden brown - 10 min, 175°C
- 17. Transfer onto cooling rack until cool
- 18. Spread with jam
- 19. Assemble
- 20. Dust with powdered sugar
METHOD
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