Linzer Tart Cookies

Linzer tart cookies are holiday favorites! These almond cut-out cookies with a raspberry jam filling are dusted with powdered sugar for a festive look.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 442 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all purpose flour, divided
• 5 tablespoons raspberry jam, or as needed
• 0.66666668653488 cup white sugar
• 1.25 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 0.125 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1.75 cups ground almonds
• 0.33333334326744 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in 1/2 cup flour, then ground almonds and cinnamon. Mix in remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until well combined and dough stiffens a bit.

Step 2

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until light brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.

Step 3

Divide dough in half and form each half into a disk. Wrap each disk tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Step 4

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 5

Knead any leftover scraps into a ball and roll out again into a 1/8-inch-thick sheet. Cut out more circles; you should have about 12 more circles.

Step 6

Place the second batch of circles onto the second baking sheet. Use a 1/2-inch round cookie cutter to cut out the center from 1/2 of all the cookies.

Step 7

Spread a thin coating of jam onto the bottom sides of the fully round cookies. Place a cut-out cookie on top of each one, pressing together to form a sandwich. Return to the wire rack and repeat to form 11 more cookies.

Step 8

Sift confectioners' sugar over the cookies, then spoon a dab of jam into the cut-out part of each cookie.

Step 9

Working with one dough disk at a time, roll dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Use a 2½-inch round cookie cutter to cut as many circles from the dough as you can; you should have about 12. Arrange dough circles 1 inch apart onto a prepared baking sheet. Place the baking sheet into the refrigerator.