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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Linzer Cookies (with SUGAR) - perfect for Valentines Day!


Ingredients:
2.5 C. Flour
1/2 Tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 Tsp. Salt
1 1/4 C. Butter
1 C. Powdered Sugar
1 Egg
1 Tsp. Lemon Juice
1 Tsp. Vanilla

Strawberry or Raspberry (no sugar added) Preserves or Jam
Extra Powdered Sugar

In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer. Add egg, lemon juice and vanilla. Add dry ingredients.
Divide dough in half. Wrap in wax or parchment paper and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Roll dough out onto onto piece of wax paper with flour on it into 1/8 inch thickness with floured rolling pin. Keep extra flour around in case dough sticks to paper or pin. Cut out hearts with larger heart shaped cookie cutter. Put on (cool) baking pan. Cut out same number of hearts with larger heart shaped cookie cutter. With these hearts, cut out inside of heart with smaller heart shaped cookie cutter. Put these on second (cool) baking pan. Bake at 325 for 12-15 minutes. The second pan of cookies may take a minute or so less to bake. Remove cookies from oven and let sit on the pan for 5 minutes. Let cool on wire racks or paper towels. Sprinkle powdered sugar on cut out heart tops (once cooled).

When cookies are completely cooled, spread preserves on the whole cut out heats. Add cut out hearts on top.

Adapted from About.com.

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