Have you ever made a classic linzer cookie recipe during the holidays? If not you have to try my easy linzer cookie recipe asap! The cookie is buttery, filled with jam, and topped with powdered sugar. This is such a simple cookie recipe.
The first time I made this recipe these cookies did not look like this. Now that I'm a pretty good baker I can make sure the recipes I messed up last time come out even better the next time I make them. I've remade a few of my recipes and this one was one of ones I really enjoyed.
What makes this Classic Linzer Cookie Recipe fun?
You can add whatever you want in the middle. I've seen bakers add caramel, chocolate, any other types of jam. There are so many different ways to make this cookie recipe what you want. I used linzer cookie cutters which I found on Amazon. They make the print you see below and that cookie print makes linzer cookies what they are.
Brushing the top of the cookie with powdered sugar is my favorite part of the recipe. I used my sifter to get the powdered sugar brushed on top like I did here in the photos. You don't need to use much so make sure not to over powder the cookies.
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Classic Linzer Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cup All-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup Super fine almond flour
- 1 cup Or 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened at room temp
- ⅔ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon Almond extract - optional
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon Sea salt
Instructions
- Line your baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a small bowl add the flour, almond flour, corn starch and salt. Whisk and set aside.
- In another bowl add the butter and sugar and use your hand mixer to blend. Slowly add the egg yolk and vanilla extract. Optional you can add the almond extract.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture 1 cup at a time. Make sure you use a spoon to scrape down the bowl to make sure all of the dough is blended.
- Add the cookie dough to plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for an hour.
- When the hour is up, roll out the dough on a floured surface or on parchment paper. I try not to roll it out super thin so the cookies aren't too crunchy.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- You need a linzer cookie press I got mine from Amazon to shape the cookies. The top should have the hole in it, and the other cookie should be regular. Like the photos.
- Bake at 350 for 10-11 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet.
- Brush the top cookie (the one with the hole) with powdered sugar.
- Get your favorite jam and put 1 tablespoon of jam on the cookie without the hole. Place the powdered sugar brushed cookie on top of the jam.
- Enjoy!
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