Description
Delicious and charming Linzer Cookie Daisies with a buttery almond base and a sweet jam filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup blanched almond slivers
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large egg yolks
- Powdered sugar for dusting
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam or lemon curd
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Spread the almond slivers on a baking sheet and toast them for about 5 minutes, until they turn golden brown.
- Let the almonds cool, then pulse them in a food processor with 1/4 cup of sugar until finely ground.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and lemon zest to combine the dry ingredients.
- In another bowl, cream the softened butter and 1/2 cup of sugar until the mixture is pale yellow and fluffy.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and egg yolks until well combined.
- Mix in the ground almonds, followed by the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Divide the dough into two halves and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes to chill.
- Roll out one disc of dough to about 1/8 inch thickness and cut out daisy shapes with a cookie cutter.
- Freeze the cut-out cookies for about 5 minutes, then bake them for 12-16 minutes until lightly golden.
- Roll out the remaining dough and cut shapes with holes in the petals.
- Freeze the shapes again, then bake for another 12-14 minutes until done.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely and dust with powdered sugar.
- Finally, spread raspberry jam or lemon curd on the full cookies and sandwich them with the cut-out cookies.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container layered with parchment paper to maintain texture. They can be reheated in a low oven.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Austrian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg