Eggless almond linzer cookies recipe one of the best Christmas treats you can bake for your kids.I have already posted linzer cookies last year but wanted to try an eggless linzer cookie recipe and this year baked these cookies to post it for christmas.

I always enjoy trying and posting christmas recipes.And I am wrapping up this christmas 2017 with this post.Hope you enjoyed reading the recipes as much as I enjoyed posting them 🙂

eggless linzer cookies recipe

Author: Sharmilee J

The best eggless linzer cookies recipe can be baked at home now!

Ingredients

1 cup flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup cup butter
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
3 tbsp jam
1 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

Soak almonds in hot water for 30mins, peel off the skin.Toast them for few mins until brown spots appear here and there.Set aside to cool.
Grind toasted almonds with sugar to a fine powder (as fine as possible).Set aside. In a mixing bowl - add butter.
Beat it , then add almond essence.I used my hand mixer.
Add almond sugar mixture, whisk again then add flour.
Beat it, once the flour starts to come together stop beating..Use a spatula to bring together.Now use your finger tips to make a dough, do not knead.
Cling wrap it and refrigerate atleast for 1 hour. If you want slice and bake cookies, roll into a log and refrigerate.I preferred cut out cookies so rolled between parchment paper.Use any of your favourite cookie cutter.
Cut shapes,carefully separate them.Collect the scrapes then roll over again, repeat until you finish the dough.
Lay parchment paper on the baking tray.Arrange the cookies on it.Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-12 mins or until the edges start to brown. It will be soft when taken out, after cooling it becomes crispy so don't be tempted to overbake.

Steps to make eggless linzer cookies recipe:

1. Soak almonds in hot water for 30mins, peel off the skin.Toast them for few mins until brown spots appear here and there.Set aside to cool.
2. Grind toasted almonds with sugar to a fine powder (as fine as possible).Set aside. In a mixing bowl – add butter.
3. Beat it , then add vanilla essence.I used my hand mixer.
4. Add almond sugar mixture, whisk again then add flour.
5. Beat it, once the flour starts to come together stop beating.Use a spatula to bring together.Now use your finger tips to make a dough, do not knead.
6. Wrap in cling film and chill the dough atleast for 30mins.Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10mins. First get ready with cookie cutter, you need small and big cutters like these.I bought the grooved ones online and small ones from Nilgiris.
7. I used only half dough now and stored the rest for later use.Now lay butter paper or parchment paper, place the dough and again place another butter paper and roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness.Take your cookie cutter,dip it in flour.
8. Cut like this, first with bigger cutter then cut with smaller cutter in the center.
9. Collect the scraps and then roll again, repeat to finish until the entire dough gets over.Arrange it in a baking tray.
10. Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-12 mins or until the edges starts to turn golden brown.Do not be tempted to bake more the cookies will become hard.Now take jam and place in inside simmering water for few mins so that the jam turns goey and spreadable.
11. Get ready with icing sugar too.First separate the cookies with hole and without hole and place separately.First in a plate place the cookies without hole upside down.Spread jam on it.
12. Now take the cookies with a hole,sieve icing sugar on it.
13. Now take the hole cookies and sandwich it on the cookies with jam.Now your cookies are ready.