BEST LINZER COOKIES

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.

Add butter to the bowl of the mixer.

Add sugar and mix on medium speed until creamed and pale in color.

Add almond extract and an egg, mixing for another 15 seconds.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl to combine ingredients.

Add almond flour into already sifted all-purpose flour to remove lumps.

Add a pinch of salt and half of the flour mixture to the bowl, mixing.

Once mixed, add the second half of the flour mixture and continue mixing until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and roll it into the corners to prevent drying.

Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick and cut out cookie shapes.

Place cookies on a tray and freeze for 15 minutes to harden.

Use a pairing knife to cut out a heart shape in the center of some cookies.

Place heart cookies on a baking tray and freeze for another 15 minutes.

Bake both trays in the oven for about 10 minutes until slightly darker around the edges.

Once cooled, add homemade or store-bought raspberry jam in the center of the solid cookies.

Top with heart-shaped cookies and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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