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Oscar Night Linzer Cookies

Oscar Night Linzer Cookies

Course Dessert, Snacks
Cuisine Austrian, German
Keyword Linzer Cookies, Oscar Cookies, Oscar Night Recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 28 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • 1+ 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 cup almond flour*
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup red jam or jelly

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the flours, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and set aside.

  2. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar together, about 3 minutes.

  3. Beat in the egg, then the vanilla.

  4. Add the dry ingredients and beat until everything is just combined

  5. Wrap the dough in plastic film and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  7. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  8. Roll the dough out on a floured surface and cut out the cookies with an Oscar shaped cutter and place on a baking sheet.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  9. Transfer the other half the cutouts to the parchment-lined baking sheet. use small star cutters, to cut star shapes in the Oscar cutout. Use a toothpick to remove the cutouts from the cutter.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  10. NOTE: Place the cutout cookies and the solid ones on different baking sheets. They will have different baking times. The cutout ones will bake faster.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  11. Once full, place the cookie sheets in the freezer for 10 minutes before transferring to the oven. This will prevent the cookies from spreading too much.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  12. Bake the solid Oscar cookies for 8 minutes. Bake the Oscar cookies with the star cutouts for 6 minutes or until just slightly golden around the edges.

  13. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

  14. Spread the solid cookie (the one without the cutouts) with a layer of jam or jelly.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  15. Once the cutout Oscars have cooled, spray them with edible gold.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  16. Dip the paintbrush in the alcohol, then into the dust and paint it on the cutout cookies.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  17. Place the decorated cutout cookie on top of the jelly covered cookie.

    Oscar Night Linzer Cookies
  18. Plate and serve but definitely hide a few for yourself.

Recipe Notes

*I buy almond flour. To make your own, pulverize blanched or unblanched almonds in a food processor. Add a few table spoons of powdered sugar to prevent the almonds from forming a paste.