Giant Linzer Cookie

Name: Giant Linzer Cookie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 14 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. Unbleached All-purpose Flour; 1/2 c. Almond Flour; 1 c. Sugar; 1 c. Salted Butter, Cut Into Chunks; 1 Egg; 3/4 tsp. Almond Extract; 1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract; 1 jar (13 Oz. Size) Raspberry Preserves

By Bridget EdwardsPublished: Feb 6, 2017

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Yields:

14 serving(s)

Prep Time:

45 mins

Cook Time:

20 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 5 mins

From Bridget Edwards of Bake at 350.

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Directions

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease an 11-inch heart-shaped pan. Line with parchment paper; grease the parchment.

Whisk flours together. Set aside.

Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.

In three additions, add flour in low speed. Mix just until combined.

Divide dough evenly into halves. Press half of the dough into the prepared pan. Use the back of a spoon, an offset spatula, or your fingers to press evenly.

Bake for 20 minutes until edges are golden and the middle is baked through. Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes in the pan. Use the edge of the parchment to gently slide the cookie onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Repeat with the remaining dough. As soon as the cookie comes out of the oven, press a large heart-shaped cookie cutter in the center and remove. Let cool in the pan 10 minutes, then use the parchment to gently slide the cookie onto the cooling rack.

Once both cookies are cooled, remove the parchment. Place the bottom cookie on a serving platter or large cutting board. Spread on raspberry preserves evenly. Place the cookie with the cut out heart on top. Dust the cookie liberally with powdered sugar.

Cut into pieces and serve.

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Bake at 350

Linzer cookies are those beautiful sandwich cookies, usually in a heart-shape. The top cookie has a “window” showing the raspberry filling. The cookies are typically dusted with powdered sugar making them extra pretty.

Linzer cookies always make me want to throw a tea party. Or put on a dress and a big hat. Or watch PBS. Linzer cookies are special.

This giant linzer cookie is inspired by the Big, Fat Linzer Cookie in Pam Anderson’s book, Perfect One-Dish Dinners. I love the idea of a giant cookie, and what better day to share a heart-shaped cookie than Valentine’s Day?

For the cookie dough, I used part flour and part almond flour, in a nod to the Linzer torte which usually contains ground nuts.

The vanilla and almond flavors marry with the raspberry preserves so well. True love.

You’ll line a large heart-shaped pan with parchment. It’ll keep the cookie from sticking to the pan and the edges will help you remove the cookie from the pan without breaking it.

(I purchased my pan from Amazon, but I have seen them at baking and craft stores.)