Linzer Cookies
Buttery shortbread cookies made with almond meal and a hint of orange, sandwiched together with jam. They are one of the best Christmas edible gifts.
Equipment
- Baking Tray
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup ghee you can use butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- orange zest
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl beat ghee and sugar until light and fluffy pale in color.
- Add almond meal, flour, cinnamon, and orange zest. Mix well
- Add milk and knead a stiff dough.
- Cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator and roll between two parchment paper.
- Cut out the shapes. For one longer cookie, cut out two similar shapes and one small hole in one of the cookies.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-12 minutes or until done.
- Cool the cookies a bit. Dust the top layer cookies (the ones with holes) with icing sugar
- Fill jam and sandwich the cookies.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Make sure your ghee/butter is at room temperature.
- Chilling the dough is essential to get the best cookies.
- Preheat the oven before shaping the cookies.
- Keep them a few inches apart in the baking tray.
- Cool the cookies completely before sandwiching them with jam.
- Keep them in airtight containers at room temperature.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cookiesCalories: 227kcalCarbohydrates: 26.5gProtein: 3.9gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6.1gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 68mgFiber: 1.3gSugar: 6.4gCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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