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Chocolate Linzer Cookies
Nothing says Christmas quite like these gorgeous white Linzer cookies filled with decadent chocolate cream. These chocolate Linzer cookies are easy to make and simply delicious.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12 pieces
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Austrian
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 250 g flour
- 250 g butter
- 60 g almond flour or very finely ground almonds
- 150 g sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tbsp cold water added after the batter has been mixed
For the chocolate cream:
- 150 g milk chocolate chips
- 150 ml heavy whipping cream
For decorating:
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- To make the cookies dough, crumble the butter and flour and add the rest of the dough ingredients. Add a tablespoon of cold water and knead until it comes together to form a ball.
- Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment paper until you get a thin 1-2 mm ( ~1/16 inch) sheet (as in the picture below). Leave it in the fridge exactly like this for about 1 hour (rolled out perfectly, do not roll up or fold).
- In the meantime, heat the whipping cream in a saucepan over medium heat until it just begins to simmer (almost to boiling point). Add the finely chopped milk chocolate to the hot cream and stir until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Let the ganache cool to room temperature before using.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut out the Linzer shapes using a Linzer cookie cutter. For each cookie, you’ll need one solid piece and one with a cutout in the center.
- Bake the cookies for 15 minutes at 180 °C/356 °F (preheated oven) or until golden brown around the edges.
- Let the cookies cool and then start assembling them. Place the chocolate ganache on a full cookie and place a cut-out cookie on top.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy with your loved ones.
- You can store them in zip lock bags, cookie tins or jars.
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