HOW TO MAKE LINZER COOKIES: A wonderful linzer cookie recipe for the holidays!

almond flour

🥗Healthier: ground oats

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Ground oats are more affordable and gluten-free.

raspberry jam

🥗Healthier: fruit preserves

💰Cheaper: homemade jam

Fruit preserves can be lower in sugar.

Whisk together all-purpose flour, kosher salt, cinnamon, and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.

In a stand mixer bowl, add room temperature butter and about two-thirds of the sugar, mixing until combined.

Mash the remaining sugar with almond meal in a separate bowl.

Add the almond meal and sugar mixture to the butter and mix until a paste forms.

Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, scraping down the sides as needed until a dough forms.

Press the dough together to ensure it is cohesive and chill it in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Prepare two sheet pans by spraying them and lining with parchment paper.

Dust the work surface with flour and roll out the chilled dough to about 1/4 inch thick, flouring the rolling pin as needed.

Cut out shapes for the cookies, making sure to have an equal number of tops and bottoms.

Place the cut cookies on the prepared sheet pans, ensuring they are not touching.

Chill the cut cookies in the fridge for about 20-25 minutes before baking.

Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C).

Bake the cookies until lightly golden, checking for doneness based on the edges.

Cool the cookies on a wire rack before assembling them.

Spread raspberry jam on the solid cookie halves and top with the cutout cookies.

Dust the assembled cookies with confectioners sugar.

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