Lemon curd Linzer cookies: These cookies are also incredible when filled with vegan lemon curd.Generally, about a teaspoon of jam is usually plenty for each cookie but you can add up to a tablespoon if you don't mind them being messy! Pin Variations Pin PinĪdd jam on top of the cookies and top with the cutout cookie to create a sandwich. Once baked, allow them to rest on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely. The whole cookies will take 10 minutes and the cutout cookies slightly less at around 8 minutes. Pin Pinīake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. Use a smaller cookie cutter to cut out the centers of half the cookies (these will be the ones that sit on top of the jam layer). I used a 2.5″ cookie cutter for these vegan Linzer cookies. Once the dough is chilled, roll it out on a floured surface to approximately 1 centimeter in height. Flatten the dough into a disc, wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Once you have a rough “crumb” consistency, get your hands in there and knead the ingredients to form a dough. Traditionally butter is cut into chunks before rubbing in the dry ingredients, but I find creaming the butter and sugar together first adds a light airiness to the cookies which makes them even more delicious. This video demonstrates the rubbing-in method if you aren't familiar with how it's done. As you rub the ingredients together, lift your hands to help incorporate air into the mixture. Next, sift in your dry ingredients (flour, ground almonds, and salt), and rub the flour into the fats using your fingertips. Then rub the flour into the creamed sugar and butter. The vegan butter and sugar are first creamed together in order to incorporate air into the dough. (Full ingredient quantities and instructions are in the recipe card at the end of this post)
Sea salt: A must for these cookies, the salt enhances the flavors as well as helps to balance the sweetness,. Vanilla extract: This adds a delicious flavor to the shortbread cookies. But you can also fill them with marmalade or pretty much any flavor that tickles your fancy. Jam of choice: I love using raspberry or strawberry jam for these cookies. Vegan butter: You’ll need vegan block butter, not margarine or spread. Caster sugar: As we want the flavor of these Linzer cookies to mainly come from almonds, butter, and vanilla I don't recommend using brown sugar which can overpower those flavors. Ground almonds: Adds flavor and moisture to the recipe. Ingredients overview Pin Notes about the ingredients Make a great homemade gift of festive cookie jars. They consist of raspberry or strawberry jam sandwiched between 2 buttery almond shortbread cookies and are very popular around the Christmas holidays. Linzer cookies are the biscuit form of the Linzer tart or "Linzer torte" which is an Austrian lattice pie filled with raspberries. These vegan Linzer cookies are my take on her Linzer Plaetzchen (German name) which were my favorite Christmas cookie growing up. Dust the top of the cut-out cookies with confectioners' sugar and press the flat sides together, with the raspberry preserves in the middle and the confectioners' sugar on the top.Every Christmas my mom would fill the kitchen (and sitting room!) with freshly baked cookies. Spread raspberry preserves on the flat side of each solid cookie. Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Place all the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and chill for 15 minutes. With 1/2 of the rounds, cut a hole from the middle of each round with a heart or spade shaped cutter. Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut 2 3/4-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter and sugar until they are just combined.
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