Linzertorte Cookies

Name: Linzertorte Cookies
Yield: Makes 2-3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg; ¾ teaspoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ⅜ teaspoon salt; ½ cup raspberry jam; 1 egg; 1 cup sugar; 1½ cups unsalted butter, softened; 2 tablespoons cream; ¼ teaspoon almond extract; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 yolk; ¼ teaspoon cloves; ½ cup ground pecans or walnuts; 3 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes
2-3
dozen cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Best Holiday Cookies

By Marcy Goldman

Published 2016

About

Simple butter-sugar cookie, baked into fluted circles or precious heart shapes and finished off with a pure raspberry jam filling. Dust with confectioners’ sugar or dip in melted semi-sweet or white chocolate. These are magical.

Ingredients

1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

In a mixer bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Add egg and yolk, then vanilla, almond extract and cream. Fold in flour, ground nuts, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. You should have a soft but firm dough. Pat dough into two discs and chill at least an hour or more.

Preheat oven to 350°F