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Linzer Cookies

Author Jacqueline

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 T lemon zest
  • 1 T orange zest
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

  • In the bowl of a stand mixture. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and vanilla and mix in thoroughly, followed by the citrus zest.
  • Stir in the salt and baking powder. Add in the flour, and run the mixer until the dough just comes together.
  • Gather the dough and shake it into a flattened disk. Wrap in saran wrap and chill dough for 2 hours.
  • Flour a work surface and roll dough out to 1/8" thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut dough into circles. Cut a smaller circle out of half of the cutouts. Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick spray, and chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • Place chilled cookie sheets in the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the cookies have started to turn golden. Let cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove to a cooling rack using a small spatula. Cool completely
  • Spread each "solid" cutout with jam, then top with a "hollow" cut out. Dust with powdered sugar.