Serve your family with these plum-cardamom linzer cookies that are made with almonds – a flavorful dessert.
Plum-Cardamom Linzer Cookies
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted, ground
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 cup plum jam or jelly
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, mix ground almonds, flour, lemon peel, baking powder, cardamom and salt with whisk; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar; beat until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour mixture just until blended. Divide dough in half. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper or lightly grease with shortening or cooking spray.
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Step3On lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with floured 2 1/2-inch fluted round or scalloped cookie cutter. Cut centers out of half of the cookies with 1 1/4-inch fluted round cookie cutter. On cookie sheets, place solid cookies, hollow cookies and cutout centers 1 inch apart.
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Step4Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool completely. Spread each solid cookie with 2 teaspoons jam. Top each with a hollow cookie. Spoon a little more jam into the opening of each, if desired. Sift 3 tablespoons powdered sugar over sandwich cookies and cutouts.
Nutrition
417
Calories
23g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 417
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 237mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 0%
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
3 1/2
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