Linzer Cookies

Aunt Liesi's Originals

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 150 g butter
• 70 g powdered sugar
• 1 egg yolk

Additionally: - apricot jam and red currant jam for filling - powdered sugar (sifted) for sprinkling

Instructions

Combine all ingredients and kneed them with your hands to a smooth dough. After allowing the dough to rest in the fridge, use a rolling pin to spread the dough into a thin layer of about 3-4 mm. Cut the cookies with a Linzer cookie cutter, making sure half of the cut cookies are solid (for the buttom), and half have the classic holes (for the top).

Bake in the oven at 350°F (180°C) for about 6 minutes, or until the cookies get just a hint of golden color.

After cooling cover the bottom halves generously with jam, put on the top half, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Tip: Pass the jam through a fine-meshed sieve to remove currant seeds or other larger pieces. It’s easiest to apply the jam with a cake icing tool or piping bag. Use a generous amount of jam.