Hazelnut Linzer Cookies Recipe
Hazelnut Linzer Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
a cup of sugar
12 ounces of butter (room temp.)
14 ounces hazelnuts (ground & toasted)
2 pieces of eggs
1/2 teaspoon of cardamom
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoons of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of baking powder
2 teaspoon of nutmeg
3 1/4 cups of flour
Raspberry jam
Instructions:
Preheat the oven (325 degrees F).
Toast hazelnuts then remove skins. Process in grinder for coffee. Using Kitchen Aid bowl, utilize the attached paddle or your hand to cream sugar and butter together. Then drop eggs gradually and add hazelnuts.
Using another bowl, put together baking powder, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and salt. In thirds, pour this dry mixture on the previously made wet ones, stirring ’til they combined well. Create balls of 1″ from dough and arrange on baking sheets about 1.5 inches away from each other.
Create a well on center portions of cookies using your finger. Put 1 teaspoon jam on these spaces. Bake cookies (12 minutes) and turn tray around when done. Return to oven, then continue baking (another 12 minutes).
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