Chocolate Hazelnut Linzer Cookies
A chocolate, hazelnut, and lightly spiced variation of the Traditional Christmas Linzer cookie. Delicious and pretty!
Chocolate Hazelnut Linzer Cookies
A chocolate, hazelnut, and lightly spiced variation of the Traditional Christmas Linzer cookie. Delicious and pretty!
Servings:
Calories: 122
Equipment
- Cookie Cutters
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 -1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup hazelnuts ground
- 1 -1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 ounce semi-sweet baking chocolate melted
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°.
- In a large bowl, beat the margarine and sugar until fluffy.
- Blend in the eggs and vanilla.
- Blend in the flour, hazelnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg until a dough forms. (Dough will be sticky.)
- Wrap the dough in waxed paper and refrigerate it for one hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to one-eighth of an inch thickness.
- Cut with two-inch shaped cookie cutters. In half the cookies, cut out a small shape in the center of the cookie for the tops.
- Place the cookies on an ungreased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375° for 7 – 9 minutes.
- Cool the cookies on wire rack.
- Sprinkle the cutout half of the cookies with confectioner’s sugar. Set aside. Those will be the tops.
- Spread 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry jam on the whole cookie.
- Then place the confectioner’s sugar-covered cookie with the cut out on top of the cookie that has the jam.
- Store the cookies in a covered tin or dish ate room temperature.
Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 172IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg