11 Easter Cookie Recipes to Make You Smile
Easter is a time of joy and celebration, and what better way to celebrate than with...
Recipe: #310
October 07, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Shaped, Austrian, German, Swiss, Baby Shower, Christmas Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
"From Oetker Baking is Fun. Use jams other than red currant if you wish. The number of cookies you end up with will depend on how thick or thin the dough is rolled out. I've converted the measurements into American volume measurements but I've left the European weight measurements in brackets after the ingredient)"
Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit
Grease baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
Sift flour into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
Add sugar, vanilla sugar and egg yolks to well
Mix a small amount of flour into the ingredients in the well to make a thick paste.
Cut cold butter into small pieces over the flour mixture
Working quickly and starting from the centre, work all the ingredients together to make a smooth dough.
Chill dough for 1/2 hour.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a 1/8 inch thickness (3 mm).
Cut into 2 inch rounds (5 cm).
Cut 3 small holes using a floured thimble, in half of the cut out rounds, or use a smaller cookie cutter to cut a hole in the centre (you can use linzer cookie cutters if you have them).
Place on prepared baking and bake on middle rack of oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool cookies.
Spread jam on the solid rounds and cover with the cut out rounds.
Dust with the icing sugar while the cookies are still warm (easiest way is to dip cut out cookie into icing sugar before placing on top of jam layer.