Linzer cookies

1. Preparing the dough

all-purpose flour / plain flour 1.1 lb (500 g) • margarine 10 oz (280 g) • powdered sugar 6.25 oz (180 g) • salt • ground walnuts 3.5 oz (100 g) • vanilla sugar 0.25 oz (8 g) • baking powder for gingerbread 1 tsp • egg yolk 2 pcs • chicken egg 1 pc

Cut butter into smaller pieces and put it in the bowl. Once the butter softens, add flour, sugar, pinch of salt, ground nuts, vanilla sugar, baking powder, egg yolks, whole egg. Knead the dough with your hands.

2. Mould the thin dough.

Let the dough rest for one hour in the cold. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C) C. Mould the 3 mm high dough.

3. Cut the cookies

Cut wheels, mushrooms or stars from dough. You should have the same number of wheels and stars (mushrooms).

4. Baking

Put individual pieces on a baking tin lined with baking paper, bake for 10 minutes at 300°F (150°C) C. Let finished cookies cool.

5. Decorating

apricot marmelade 1 pc • jam from berries 1 pc • chocolate topping 3.5 oz (100 g) • icing decorations

Brush wheels with jam, put the top of the Linzer cookie on it (star or mushroom). Decorate ready cookies with chocolate toping and colored sugar decorations.