Linzer Cookies
This Linzer Cookies recipe is made with your choice of jam sandwiched between simple almond-flavored shortbread cookies. Easy to make and fun to customize with different shapes and flavors of jam!
Linzer cookies originally hail from Austria, where they are said to have become popular hundreds of years ago (basically as a mini version of their famous Linzer torte). They traditionally feature a sandwich of simple buttery shortbread cookies made with almond flour, which are then filled with a colorful window of raspberry jam poking through.
Nowadays, you can find variations on Linzer cookies all around the world made with all different kinds of nut flours (or nut-free), different types of fillings (jams, lemon curd, Nutella, you name it), or cut out into all sorts of different shapes and sizes. So there are lots of fun ways to get creative with these cookies! Plus they always look so fun and festive this time of year! This Linzer Cookies recipe is made with your choice of jam sandwiched between simple almond-flavored shortbread cookies.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- 1 large egg
- zest of 1 lemon or orange
- powdered sugar, for dusting
- any flavor of jam, for filling