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Spiced Citrus-Plum Linzer Cookies
Our take on Austrian Linzer cookies uses hazelnuts instead of the traditional almonds in the dough. If you can buy hazelnut meal, use 140 grams (1½ cups) instead grinding whole nuts as we do, but make sure to toast the hazelnut meal as directed. Plum jam with a smooth texture worked best for the filling; if yours is very thick and chunky, press it through a fine mesh strainer before measuring and simmering. If you do not have a ½-inch-round cutter for making windows in the cookies, the wide end of a standard piping tip also can be used. And if you have Linzer cookie cutters, use them in place of our dough-cutting method. Dough scraps left over after cutting out the circles can be gathered, rerolled, cut and baked into additional Linzer cookies (you'll need more jam to fill them) or into various shapes for nibbling. Assembled cookies will hold for up to 24 hours, but for the best texture wait to finish them until ready to serve. This prevents the jam from softening the cookies as they sit.
24
Sandwich cookies
Don’t let your dough get warm. It’s important to keep the dough chilled while working and before baking, as this helps to control the cookies' spread. If it seems sticky or soft while you’re rolling and cutting, pop it into the refrigerator or freezer.
2 hours
45 minutes active
Ingredients
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140
grams (1 cup) whole hazelnuts
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¾
pound (3 sticks) salted butter, room temperature
Directions
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01Heat the oven to 350°F with a rack in the middle position. In a food processor, grind the hazelnuts until fine, about 30 seconds. Spread the ground hazelnuts in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until light golden and fragrant, 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
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