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Vegan Linzer Cookies

Buttery almond flavored cookies with a peekaboo of festive jam and powdered sugar on top.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Chill Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 22 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies
Author: Kathy Patalsky

Equipment

  • 2 cookie cutters
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 2 parchment papers
  • 2 baking sheets
  • plastic wrap

Ingredients

WET

  • ½ cup vegan butter softened
  • ½ cup vegan egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup cane sugar
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ½ -1 teaspoon citrus zest

DRY

  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ¼ cups almond flour
  • 1 cup flour AP

TOPPINGS

  • cup raspberry jam
  • cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Beat together all wet ingredients in a mixer. Gently beat in the dry ingredients until a thick, yet wet dough forms.
  • Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap into a ball. Seal tightly.
  • Chill dough in the fridge for at least two hours, overnight is best.
  • Day of baking, warm oven to 350 degrees and place parchment on your baking sheets.
  • Roll out dough on a heavily floured surface. Flour rolling pin as well. Roll to a bit let than desired cookie thickness since cookies will rise a bit upon baking.
  • Cut out both the main cookies and then half of the cookies get the Linzer eye cutout as well.
  • Bake cookies for twelve minutes. Cool on a cooling rack.
  • Dust the cookie tops in powdered sugar.
  • Fill the cookie bottoms with jam and add the tops. Repeat with all cookies.
  • Serve!

Nutrition Estimate

Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 360IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg