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Linzer Cookies

Dec 17, 2021 · 22 Comments

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The holidays aren’t complete without a jam cookie and these soft, crumbly Linzer Cookies with warm notes of cardamom are sure to brighten the winter days ahead.

The origins of the Linzer Cookie actually began in the form of a tart with a black current preserve and quickly became a holiday tradition in Austria. Then in the city of Linz, bakers recreated the dough but instead made various cutouts and create mini tartes, or as we know them now, sandwich cookies. Over the years, different variations were created, and the most common is a red fruit jam sprinkled with powdered sugar.

For me, jam cookies are a holiday staple. It truly feels like Christmas around here when I bake my first batch of jam cookies. Over the past few years I’ve made Italian Butter Cookies which are also a family favorite. Sometimes I’ll make thumbprints but this year I was craving a Linzer Cookie. I was making sugar cookies and decided to make a cutout jam cookie, and thus today’s recipe came to be.

There are a few variations to Linzer Cookies as expected and I made a few subtle changes myself to today’s recipe. For starters, I added a pinch of cardamom to the dough. The warm, fragrant spice adds a taste of the holidays that is unexpected but delicious. It’s such a subtle taste too which plays well into the sweetness of the jam filling.

As for the dough, I used shortening and butter to ensure an extra soft cookie.

The filling is the fun part. You can use raspberry, strawberry, apricot, black current, even marmalade which I think would also work fabulously with the cardamom. Just be sure to finish them off with a generous dusting of powdered sugar in the end.


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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Inactive Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 2 dozen cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom
  • 14 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • Raspberry jam (you can also use strawberry jam, apricot preserves, black current, or marmalade)
  • Confectioner’s sugar, for dusting

Instructions

  • In the bowl of your mix master, beat butter and sugar until combined.  Add cardamom, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk.  Beat again until whipped.
  • Add the flours and salt.  Beat on low until a soft dough comes together.  Turn out on a lightly-floured surface and shape into a disk.  Wrap in clingfilm or wax paper and refrigerate for about 30 minutes – 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.  Set aside.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out the chilled dough until about 1/8-inch thick.  Cut out cookies with a 2-inch cookie cutter of your choice.  You’ll get around 48 cookies total.  For half of those cookies, cut out the center (these will be the tops).  *I used an apple corer to get the smaller center circle.
  • Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, just until the edges began to take on a light golden color. Remove and carefully transfer to a wire rack to cook completely.
  • Once the cookies have cooled, evenly spread about 2 teaspoons worth of jam on the bottom cookies and top with cookies with holes in them.  Dust with confectioner’s sugar and serve!
  • Cookies will keep for up to several days in a air-tight container.

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  1. Mosaic Horoscope says

    18/12/2021 at 12:41 pm

    Yesssss to cookies, super super like! I love baking cookies, especially during holidays.

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  2. Josie Budah says

    18/12/2021 at 1:21 pm

    I am definitely going to make these! They look delicious like all your other recipes.

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  3. MELANIE EDJOURIAN says

    18/12/2021 at 4:06 pm

    These sound wonderful and look great too. I know the kids would love to try making them.

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  4. Yeah Lifestyle says

    18/12/2021 at 8:03 pm

    These Linzer cookies look delicious! I still have some baking to do the coming week and will definitely be trying your recipe

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  5. Melissa Cushing says

    18/12/2021 at 8:06 pm

    I have pinned this recipe as I would love to make these homemade cookies for my family. We buy these fro a bakery but everythign is better homemade!

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  6. Erin says

    19/12/2021 at 5:11 am

    Those cookies look so delicious and yummy! I will have to makesome soon!

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  7. Indrani says

    19/12/2021 at 12:51 pm

    They look colorful and tempting. I like how you have photographed them.
    Thanks for the detailed recipe.

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  8. Jupiter Hadley says

    19/12/2021 at 11:27 pm

    My grandmother use to make a similar cookie when I was a child, but I never got the recipe from her! This is perfect, thank you so much for sharing.

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  9. Everything Enchanting says

    20/12/2021 at 1:22 am

    Yum! These Linzer Cookies look so pretty and delicious 😍 I will have to give your recipe a try!

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  10. Jasmine Martin says

    20/12/2021 at 3:07 am

    I always see these cookies around the holiday season. I would love to try these for myself and my family soon.

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  11. Gloria says

    20/12/2021 at 6:35 pm

    These are always so pretty on the holiday treat tray. Perfect for cookie exchanges. Leave some out for Santa too.

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  12. Amanda Mason says

    20/12/2021 at 7:21 pm

    These were great! Cardamom is a spice I just love and is so under used!! So glad you added it to this cookie recipe! Making another batch of these later this week!

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  13. David J Myers says

    20/12/2021 at 10:15 pm

    Catherine, Linzer cookies and their type of ‘jam cookies’ are just about my favorite ever! We had a neighbor in Chicago…who would make me a batch of the Polish version of these cookies every year. I still miss them…and her! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  14. Bernice says

    20/12/2021 at 10:38 pm

    I love Linzer cookies and Linzer tart. My first batch (from the back of the cookie cutter box) did not turn out, so I’m going to give yours a try. Thanks for the recipe!

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  15. Kayla DiMaggio says

    21/12/2021 at 1:33 am

    Loving these linzer cookies! So easy and delicious!

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  16. Kathryn says

    21/12/2021 at 8:10 pm

    These linzer cookies are so fun and beautiful! I made a platter of these earlier this week and they are all gone. They were such a hit!

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  17. Liz says

    22/12/2021 at 1:17 am

    I agree, holidays aren’t the same without a Linzer cookie! Such delicious cookies, these take me back to childhood!

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  18. Veronika says

    23/12/2021 at 8:56 pm

    My favorite type of cookies for Christmas! Going to bake them tomorrow!

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  19. Veronika Sykorova says

    25/12/2021 at 5:21 am

    Linzer cookies are such a classic. We make them every Christmas! I’ve never tried them with almond flour though, that sounds amazing!

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  20. Lily says

    27/12/2021 at 8:59 am

    This is so pretty. I never had these kind of cookies

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  21. silvia says

    27/12/2021 at 9:22 am

    Omg! absolutely delicious. I loved the cardamon in the recipe. These Linzer cookies always look so beautiful and festive, perfect for the holiday season. I’ll be making them over and over again.

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