Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make LINZER COOKIES
These teardropshaped Almond Linzer Cookies are eyecatching, beautiful, and delicious Makes about 3 dozen sandwich cookies. Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting 4 large egg yolks 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest 1 tsp vanilla extract tsp almond extract cup ground almonds 3 cup cake and pastry flour tsp baking powder tsp salt cup blueberry jam Directions 1. Beat the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks and then add the lemon zest, vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the ground almonds. 2. In a separate bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder and salt and add this to the butter mixture, stirring until blended. Shape the dough into 2 discs (the dough will be soft), wrap and chill until firm, at least an hour. 3. Preheat the oven to 375 F and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. 4. Knead the
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