illustration of linzer cookies (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)
Cookies or cookies come from the Dutch word, namely 'koekje' which means 'small cake.' This cake includes food that is suitable for you, the sweet tooth lover. The method of making these pastries is usually baked in the oven.
Linzer cookies are suitable as a snack to celebrate Christmas. The red color of the jam and the white color of the sugar makes this cake even more attractive for Christmas cake dishes. Curious how to make it? Come on, see!
1. Ingredients for cookies
material illustration (pexels.com/Victoria Emerson)Cookie dough ingredients:
- 80 grams of unsalted butter
- 65 powdered sugar
- 2 yolks
- 230 grams of all-purpose flour
- 30 grams of almond powder
- 2 pinches of salt
- ½ tsp vanilla
Toppings:
- Strawberry jam
- Granulated sugar as a sprinkle
2. Make cookie dough
dough dough illustration (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)Prepare a clean bowl. Then, add cold unsalted butter with a soft texture. Pour in sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir briefly, and don't let it expand.
Add the egg yolks and stir again. When the dough has come together, sprinkle in other ingredients, such as all-purpose flour and ground almonds. Do not stir too long so that the dough is crunchy or not hard.
3. Roll out the dough to form a rectangle
illustration of rolling the dough (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)The dough needs to be rolled out to get the right thickness. Use tools, such as a rolling pin and an acrylic board or chopsticks. Place the dough on the baking paper and fold the baking paper so that it forms a base and covers the dough.
Also put acrylic beside the dough. Start rolling the dough with a rolling pin until it is elongated vertically. After that, put it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
4. Print the dough in various shapes
illustration of printing dough (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)Prepare a mold tool to make it easier to form the dough. Well, since the theme is Christmas, the suitable prints are Christmas trees, stars and circles. Remove the dough that was stored in the freezer.
Dip the round mold into the flour, then print the dough with the appropriate diameter. After all the dough has been printed in a circle, continue using the Christmas tree and star molds on the circle. Leave plain round dough without other motifs printed. Keep it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
5. Bake and provide toppings
illustration of arranging cookies (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)Remove the dough from the freezer, then cut the dough according to the mold. Bake cookies at 160 degrees Celsius for 18 minutes. When it is cooked, the cookies will be brown.
Spread strawberry jam on top of plain round cookies. Immediately sprinkle the sugar over the cookies in another shape. After that, stick them with round cookies with holes in the shape of a Christmas tree.
White granulated sugar like snow, red jam, and cookies shaped like pine trees that make these linzer cookies visually perfect for Christmas cake dishes. You can make these pastries to enliven the atmosphere of Christmas with your family later. Good luck!
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