Description
Austrian linzer cookies blend delicate almond flour with raspberry jam for a classic holiday treat. Sweet, crumbly pastry rounds sandwich vibrant fruit preserves, creating a festive dessert you’ll savor with each delightful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (260 g / 9.17 oz) unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (113 g / 4 oz) plant-based butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 g / 3.5 oz) white granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp orange extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar sprinkles
- 1 cup (285 g / 10 oz) sweet orange marmalade
Instructions
- Marmalade Preparation: Pulse orange marmalade in a high-powered blender for 60-90 seconds until smooth, then refrigerate in a sealed container.
- Dough Creation: Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then blend in egg, orange extract, and salt. Gradually incorporate flour to form a uniform dough, shape into a disk, and chill for at least 60 minutes.
- Cookie Cutting: Roll chilled dough between parchment papers to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut egg-shaped cookies, sprinkle select cookies with sugar, and chill for 15 minutes to preserve shape.
- Baking Process: Preheat oven to 300°F. Arrange cookies on baking sheet and bake for 13 minutes until edges turn golden. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Final Assembly: Pipe a thin layer of chilled marmalade onto base cookies, then delicately top with decorated cookie halves to create elegant sandwich cookies.
Notes
- Chill Dough Strategically: Refrigerating the dough helps prevent spreading and maintains crisp cookie edges during baking.
- Marmalade Preparation Tip: Blending marmalade creates a smoother, more spreadable filling that distributes evenly between cookie layers.
- Baking Temperature Matters: Lower oven temperature of 300°F ensures gentle, even baking without burning delicate cookie edges.
- Cooling is Crucial: Letting cookies cool completely prevents marmalade from melting and maintains structural integrity of the sandwich cookies.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Austrian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg