Stunning Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Cranberry Filling
These Stunning Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Cranberry Filling are the most beautiful cookie you have ever seen and taste just as good!!
Servings: 18
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½-1 cup cranberry syrup or other preserves of choice
Instructions
- Combine the all-purpose flour, whole wheat pastry flour, almond flour, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- In another medium-sized bowl add the butter and sugar. Blend with a hand mixer or stand mixer until they are well combined and lighter in color.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Mix only to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Pour in the dry ingredient and mix only to combine again. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again briefly.
- The dough will need to chill at this point. I like to turn it out onto a piece of plastic wrap. Wrap it tightly and place it in the fridge for at least 1 hour. It will hold well for about 3 days. So make ahead if you want.
- On a generously floured surface, roll out your dough to about ⅛- inch thick. If the dough is really hard, if it has been chilled for longer than an hour, let it sit at room temp for while to soften it slightlly.
- While you are rolling it, just make sure to add more flour as needed. If it cracks a little on the edges, don't stress. Press it back together and continue to roll.
- Cut your tops and bottoms and gently move to a parchment-lined baking sheet. I do this with a thin metal spatula.
- Bake for about 8-11 minutes. You will want the very bottoms to be BARELY browned.
- Remove from the oven and let them sit for a few minutes on the pan, then gently transfer to a coolling rack. O
- Once they are cooled, sprinkle the tops with powdered sugar and fill the bottoms. Gently top the cookies.
- That is it! You are done. Now, sit back and enjoy. You deserve it!