Linzer Cookies with Egg Liqueur - combinegoodflavors.com

Prep Time:30

Cook Time:30

Cooling Time:8

Total Time:9

Equipment

Ingredients

For the cookie dough

1 ½ cup Cake Flour
1 cup Powdered Sugar
5.3 oz Cold unsalted butter
1 Egg yolk

For the advocaat egg liqueur ganache

¾ cup Egg liqueur
7 oz White couverture

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Preparing the Egg Liqueur Ganache

Place 7 oz White couverture in a mixing bowl or saucepan.
7 oz White couverture
Heat ¾ cup Egg liqueur in a small saucepan (do not boil!)
¾ cup Egg liqueur
Pour the hot egg liqueur (advocaat) over the couverture.
Let the mixture steep for 2 minutes and then whisk until smooth. Cover the bowl with cling film and chill in the fridge for about 8 hours.

Making the Linzer cookie dough

Rub 1 ½ cup Cake Flour, 1 cup Powdered Sugar, and 5.3 oz Cold unsalted butter together with your fingertips until you get a crumbly mass (about 10 minutes).
1 ½ cup Cake Flour, 1 cup Powdered Sugar, 5.3 oz Cold unsalted butter
Add 1 Egg yolk and knead the whole mass with the kitchen machine into a smooth dough (about 3 minutes).
1 Egg yolk
Wrap the unbaked dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 356 °F / 180 °C and cover two baking sheets with baking paper.
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface (about 0.12 inch in thickness) and cut out cookies. Make sure that you have the same number of solid cookies (without a hole) as cookies with holes.
Place the cut-out cookies on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Knead the excess dough that you have left again, roll it out, and make more cookies until there is no more dough left.
Bake the cookie-filled baking sheets one at a time in the oven on the center rack until golden brown (about ten minutes). After baking, remove the baked cookies from the baking sheet and let them cool.

Assembling the Cookies

Place the cookie bottoms on a sheet of baking paper.
Take the well-chilled egg liqueur ganache from the fridge and whip it birefly until it becomes spreadable! Important: Whip only briefly! If it is whipped too long with the mixer, it will flocculate!
Fill the cream into a piping bag and pipe small dots onto the cookie bases. Place the upper part of the cookie on top and press down lightly.
Sprinkle the cookie sandwiches with powdered sugar and place them in a storage container in a cool place.

Notes

Linzer Cookies with Jam

If you fancy filling your gorgeous cookies with jam, you have a wide range of filling opportunities.

One of the best jams for Linz cookies is raspberry jam. The slightly tart flavor combines wonderfully with the sweet cookies. This also applies to apricot or currant jam. If you prefer it sweeter, you should choose strawberry jam.

For those who like it exotic, I recommend trying these cookies with orange, quince, or mango jam!

As you can see, there's no limit to the different combinations you can make here!

Have fun experimenting!

Nutrition

Calories: 113kcal

Servings: Cookies

Author: Nora

Cost: $4