Linzer Eyes

Delicious cookies that our grandmothers used to bake!

Details

  • Preparation Time: 180 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 400 g Wheat flour, white, multi-purpose

  • 120 g Sugar, white

  • 1 pinch Salt, table

  • 1 teaspoon Lemon, fresh, without shell

  • 1 bag Powdered sugar

  • 2 piece Egg, egg yolk, fresh

  • 1 spoon Alcohol, Rum

  • 250 g Butter, unsalted

  • 220 g Marmalade, orange

Steps

  1. Wash the lemon thoroughly and dry it completely. Finely grate the zest. Sift the flour onto a work surface. Make a well in the center and add sugar, salt, lemon zest, vanilla sugar, egg yolks, and rum. Cut the butter into pieces and scatter them around the edge of the flour. Knead all the ingredients into a crumbly dough, shape it into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for one hour.

  2. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to about 3 mm thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out circles from the dough. For half of the circles, use a smaller cutter to cut out a smaller circle in the center.

  3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the dough circles on it. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Once the cookies are baked, carefully lift them off the baking sheet with a spatula and let them cool on a wire rack.

  4. Place a small pot on the stove and heat the jam over low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread the jam on all the cookie bases without holes in the center and cover them with the remaining cookie bases (with holes). Wait for the cookies to cool completely, then arrange them on a serving plate and serve.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 464.59 kcal
  • Fat: 25.12 g
    • Saturated Fat: 15.55 g
  • Carbohydrates: 51.67 g
    • Sugars: 15.19 g
  • Protein: 5.38 g
  • Fiber: 0.96 g

Advice

At the end, you can sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar. Its best to use organic lemons, whose peel is not treated with pesticides. If organic lemons are not available, submerge the lemon in boiling water for a few minutes and wipe it well to remove the wax, which contains toxins.