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LINZER CHRISTMAS COOKIES

A slightly sweet, mildly almond flavored cookie with a class jam filling.

Ingredients

  • 1/5 mother dough
  • 60 grams almond flour 1/2 cup
  • 40 grams all-purpose flour 4 TBS
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • jam

Instructions

  • Mix all the ingredients except the jam in a large mixing bowl with a spoon. Knead the dough to incorporate all the ingredients.
  • Form dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap.
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness between two pieces of parchment paper. Refrigerate for 30 more minutes.
  • Cut out shapes. Cut out two of the same cookies for each Linzer cookie. Keep one solid and cut out the center of the other one with a small cookie cutter. Gather up remanents into a ball and roll out again and cut.
  • Put all the shapes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. If they are becoming soft refrigerate them again until they are firm.
  • Bake for 10-14 minutes at 340 ° oven in the center of the oven. The tiny cutout cookies may take less time.
  • Let the cookies rest in the pan for a few minutes and then move to a wire rack and cool completely.
  • To assemble the Linzer cookies, dust the top of the cookie with powdered sugar and add a small dollop of jam to the center of the bottom cookie. Put the top powdered sugar cookie top on the bottom cookie and let the jam squeeze up and fill the cutout in the top of the cookie.