Linzer Cookies

Linzer Cookies

Ingredients

    1 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
    1 teaspoon orange extract*
    2 cups sifted cake flour
    raspberry or apricot jam**
    confectioners’ sugar for dusting, if desired

Instructions

Beat butter, sugar, and orange extract. Gradually add flour and mix well. Form dough into a rectangle. Wrap dough and chill at least 2 hours.

On baking sheet, roll out half of the dough 1/4-inch thick. Chill for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°. Cut out dough for the bottoms of the cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Roll out the other half of the dough on a baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes.

Cut out dough for the tops of the cookies, using a Linzer cutter. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

When cookies have cooled, dust tops with confectioners’ sugar. Spread about 2 teaspoons of jam on each cookie bottom. Place tops on top of jam.

Yield: 10-12 sandwich cookies

Notes

*Substitute lemon extract, vanilla extract, or most any flavoring.

**I like raspberry or lemon, but use whatever flavor you like!