Name: Valentine Linzer Cookies
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 3/4 cups butter (1 1/2 sticks), room temperature -; 1/2 cup sugar -; 1 egg -; 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest -; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 1 1/2 cups finely ground blanched almonds or hazelnuts -; 2 1/4 cups cake flour (can sub all purpose flour) -; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder -; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon -; 6 ounces raspberry jam, or other red preserve (I used quince jelly) -; Powdered sugar -

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Ingredients for - Valentine Linzer Cookies

1. 3/4 cups butter (1 1/2 sticks), room temperature -

2. 1/2 cup sugar -

3. 1 egg -

4. 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest -

5. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract -

6. 1 1/2 cups finely ground blanched almonds or hazelnuts -

7. 2 1/4 cups cake flour (can sub all purpose flour) -

8. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder -

9. 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon -

10. 6 ounces raspberry jam, or other red preserve (I used quince jelly) -

11. Powdered sugar -

How to cook deliciously - Valentine Linzer Cookies

1. Stage

Beat butter, sugar, egg mixture: Beat the butter in a standing electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar and continue beating. Beat in the egg, lemon zest, and vanilla extract.

2. Stage

Make dough: Whisk together the flour, ground nuts, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add to butter sugar egg mixture a third at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Stage

Chill dough: Form the dough into disks, wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.

4. Stage

Roll out dough: between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Put rolled dough (still between parchment paper) in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to firm up before cutting.

5. Stage

Preheat oven to 350°F

6. Stage

Cut out base and center cookie shapes: Cut out the base cookie shapes. Cut out the centers of half the disks with a smaller cookie cutter shape. Re-roll scraps and repeat.

7. Stage

Bake: for 12 minutes at 350°F or until edges turn golden. Cool on a wire rack.

8. Stage

Heat the jam or jelly: and spread the solid disks with a layer of the hot preserves. Place the top layer cookie over the bottom, pressing down lightly.

9. Stage

Sprinkle with powdered sugar: then fill the holes with more preserves. Let set slightly before serving.