Best Linzer Cookie Recipe without Almond Flour
Traditionally, linzer cookies use ground almonds. But if you don’t want almonds in your diet, here’s how to make the best homemade linzer cookies without almond flour.
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Servings: 36
Calories: 133kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ½ sticks unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 lemon; zested
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose unbleached organic flour
- 1 cup jam of choice
Instructions
- Mix the room temperature butter first in the stand mixer bowl until light and fluffy and then add sugar and continue mixing. Next, add in egg yolks, lemon zest and vanilla extract and continue mixing. Finally, add in flour and mix until just combined.
- Divide the dough in half and make two round balls. Wrap it in the plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll out the cookie dough balls on a floured surface. Cut out the cookies with the scalloped cookie cutter. On half of the cookies, use the smaller inner linzer cookie cutter to make a smaller cut out in the middle of the cookie.
- Place parchment paper on baking sheet. Place cookie tops and bottoms onto the sheet.
- Bake for 9 minutes until very lightly golden on edges. Oven temperatures vary so keep an eye on the cookies.
- Remove from oven and place on cooling rack. Once the cookies have cooled add a small lump of jam to the bottoms and press the top cookie with cutout lightly onto the bottom cookie.
- Shift powdered sugar over the tops of the cookies. Store in airtight container.
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Notes
You can use a variety of jams depending on your taste. Raspberry jam is the most popular type of filling, but strawberry jam and apricot jam are delicious too.
Nutrition
Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 226IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
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