Linzer Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup flour (all-purpose)
• 1/2 cup ground hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
• 1/2 teaspoon clove (ground)
• 1/2 cup raspberry jam

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 cream butter and sugar with electric mixer. add egg yolk and beat until light and fluffy. add grated lemon rind and juice, then add cocoa and blend. set aside.
• 3 mix flour, nuts, and spices. pour the butter/egg mixture into the dry ingredients. mix with a fork or hands as for a piecrust. dough will be soft. place in a bowl cover, and refrigerate for an hour.
• 4 take half-teaspoonfuls of dough and roll into balls. place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet (cookies should not spread much). with your pinkie finger, make a small indentation in the center of each cookie - don't punch through to the cookie shet. fill the indentation with a dab of raspberry (or cherry, or strawberry) jam.
• 5 bake for 12 minutes. loosen cookies from the sheet when they're first out of the oven, but leave on the sheets until they're cool.