Gingerbread Linzer Cookies
 
 
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Serves: 16-18
Ingredients
  • 1¼ sticks unsalted butter, straight from the fridge and not room temperature
  • ½ cup light brown sugar, packed brown sugar
  • 1 extra large egg, cold
  • ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup molasses
  • 3¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¾ tablespoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.
  2. In a separate large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, and ground allspice. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, add your cold butter and packed brown sugar.
  4. On the lowest speed, mix your butter and brown sugar just until it comes together. Scrape down the paddle down every few turns.
  5. Add your cold egg and vanilla to your butter/sugar mixture and mix again on the lowest speed, just mix until the eggs are incorporated into the butter and brown sugar. It's okay if it looks chunky. Don't worry. Scrape down the bottom and sides of your bowl and add in your molasses.
  6. Turn your mixer on the lowest speed again, and just mix until the molasses is evenly distributed. It's still going to look pretty gross but fear not, keep going.
  7. Once again, with your mixer on the lowest speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Keep mixing. It will look dry but it will come together around the paddle.
  8. On a wood board place one piece of parchment paper very lightly sprinkled with flour and a second piece of parchment over the dough. This is how to roll the dough in between the two pieces of parchment. I usually like thick gingerbread cookies ¼ inch works but for these linzers, go a bit thinner.
  9. Cut the dough into the desire shapes you want. Half the cookies will have the centre stamped out.
  10. Place your cut dough onto your baking sheets and bake in your preheated oven for 9 -10 minutes depending on the size of your cookies.
  11. After removing from the oven, let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2-4 minutes and then move them onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  12. Use one teaspoon of any preserves you like - I used apricot and strawberry. Dollop on the cookie without the cutout and place the cutout cookie on top and press down gently. Dust with powdered sugar.
Recipe by SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL EATING at https://simplybeautifuleating.com/2020/12/23/gingerbread-linzer-cookies/