These Linzer Cookies are such a classic Christmas cookie that I can’t imagine Christmas without them! You can change the flavor of the jelly for different variations.
I absolutely love these Linzer Cookies. They are a delicate cookie with finely chopped almonds in the dough that make for delicious cookies to melt in your mouth. I’ve made a short cut version, but these are the traditional way to make them. My aunt makes Linzer Cookies every year and I always look forward to them. They are one of my very favorite Christmas cookies.
These cookies are part of a Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange. Be sure to check out all the other Christmas Cookie Recipes after my recipe. You will have enough cookie recipes to fill your cookie jar all holiday season! Be sure to pour a nice glass of milk to go with your cookies. Did you know that a lot of people with go without cookies or milk this year? You can help with that! Simply go to Santa’s Milk Drive and donate to your local food bank. You just enter your zip code which ensures your donation is staying in your community. This is part of the Great American Milk Drive and I hope you can help out this holiday season!
- 1¼ cup butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1½ cups almonds, ground
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- 6 Tbsp. strawberry jelly or jelly of your choice
- Garnish: powdered sugar
- Blend butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir in almonds (I just put my almonds in a food processor and pulse until finely ground), cinnamon, and flour.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough at a time to ⅛ inch thick. Cut out 24 circles with a 2½ inch round cookie cutter. Cut out centers of circles with a ½ inch mini cookie cutter; leave the remaining circles uncut.
- Place one inch apart on baking sheets.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until golden.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Thinly spread jelly over solid circles; sprinkle cut cookies with powdered sugar and sandwich over jelly.
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These are just beautiful! And I love that they have such a simple ingredient list.
Me, too! If it’s not simple, I don’t make it!
Linzer Cookies are one of my all-time favorites and yours are especially pretty Mandy! Happy Holidays!
Thanks so much, Martha!
Yet another traditional cookie I’ve never tried… they look SO good!!
Thanks, Rose!
These cookies look amazing! I love cookies and then fill them with a lil jam/jelly and its a whole new ball game! Delicious! Pinned!! Ps love the donate to your local shelter too. Your awesome! 🙂
Thanks Cyndi! 🙂
these are just gorgeous mandy!
Thanks, Heather!
Hi Mandy….the cookies look delicious but the recipe isn’t showing how much butter to use….only flour sugar and almonds! How much butter?
Ack! Sorry! It’s 1 1/4 cup butter, softened. I will fix it, thanks for letting me know 🙂
And there’s no brown sugar, that’s what I messed up. I put that instead of butter, darn it!
These are such gorgeous cookies, and what a great way of using up extra jam 🙂
Thanks, Genevieve!
I just bout a linzer cookie cutter and can’t wait to make some! Yours are gorgeous – I want to bite into one right now!
Sorry for another question! In the directions it says cinnamon but in ingredients it doesn’t say how much! Is cinnamon supposed to be in there? Thanks! I have the linzer cookie cutter set and I really want to try these….they look awesome!
Shoot again! 1/4 tsp. I have 4 kids, that’s all I can say 🙂
Hi Mandy. I don’t see any egg in the receipt, is that correct? In the short cut version there 1 eggyolk…so I wonder.
and what kind of sugar do you use?
That is correct. I used granulated sugar in these cookies.
Hi! These cookies look amazing. I’d love to try making them! A question regarding the almonds- is the measurement taken before or after the almonds are ground? Thanks!
Measure after grinding them. I hope you enjoy them!
My wife made this recipe yesterday, grinding her own almonds, and threw the dough in the garbage after leaving it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, as the dough didn’t come together at all. This morning she ran out and bought almond meal, remade the recipe, and, although it looks somewhat better, I think it’s headed for the garbage as well.
Looking at a few other recipes for linzer cookies, they all have eggs or egg yolks as an ingredient, which I think would make all the difference. Did you forget this ingredient?
I’m sorry it’s not working out for you! I have made this many times and it always works. I’ve had others make it and tell me how much they love it so I know the recipe is not the issue. I don’t know what else to tell you. There are no eggs or yolks called for in the recipe.