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These crispy, buttery Linzer cookies are filled with a delicious ginger cardamom raspberry jam and make a great fall or holiday season treat. The cookies are easy to make and the raspberry jam takes only a few minutes on the stovetop.
This post was originally published on Sept. 15, 2015.
How to make Linzer cookies with ginger cardamom raspberry jam:
This recipe starts with the jam and it is very easy to make this particular jam because it only requires the stovetop; there is no canning involved here.
You start out with 6 ounces frozen raspberries, 1/2 teaspoon corn starch and 1/4 cup granulated sugar and cook them together in a saucepan until all the raspberries are thawed.
Add 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger and 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom and continue to cook the mix until the fruit is broken down and you have a jam-like consistency.
While the jam is cooling, make the cookies.
How to make Linzer cookies:
The actual Linzer cookies are very straight-forward sugar cookies that are flavored with a touch of vanilla.
To make the Linzer cookie dough, beat 12 tablespoons softened, unsalted butter and 1/2 cup granulated sugar together until they’re nice and creamy.
Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1.5 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour and a pinch of salt.
Continue to beat until the dough gets crumbly enough to start to come together.
Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F., then roll out the dough and cut out the cookies. The dough doesn’t spread very much at all in the oven so you can be sure to keep the pretty shape of whichever center cut-out you choose.
Bake the cookies and once both the cookies and the jam are cooled, sift powdered sugar onto the top cookies, spread a little bit of jam on the bottom cookies and stack into sandwich cookies.
Recipe tip – how to roll out cookie dough without flour:
You want to roll out the cookie dough without adding additional flour and to do that I recommend rolling it between two sheets of plastic wrap. Remove the plastic before cutting out the cookies.
More delicious cookie recipes:
- Vanilla Bean Cookies
- Spiced Linzer Cookies with Dulce de Leche
- Cardamom Meringue Cookies
- Pumpkin Spice Hazelnut Cookies
Linzer Cookies with Ginger Cardamom Raspberry Jam
Ingredients:
For the ginger cardamom raspberry jam:
- 6 ounces frozen raspberries
- 1/2 teaspoon corn starch
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (or 1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
For the cookies:
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- pinch of salt
- powdered sugar
Instructions:
For the ginger cardamom raspberry jam:
- Add frozen raspberries, corn starch and sugar to a saucepan and start to cook on medium heat, stirring until everything is combined.
- Once the raspberries are thawed, add the ginger and the cardamom.
- Cook until the fruit is completely broken down and the jam thickened (about 10 minutes).
- Let cool.
For the cookies:
- Beat butter and granulated sugar until well combined and creamy.
- Beat in the vanilla extract.
- Add the flour and the salt and beat until the dough starts to get crumbly (this will take a few minutes).
- Gather the dough and bring together into a ball by hand, then flatten into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll out the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap.
- Cut out the cookies and bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet until they start to brown (12 to 15 minutes).
- Let the cookies cool completely.
- Sift powdered sugar onto the cookies with the cut-out centers.
- Spoon a little bit of jam onto the whole cookies and top with a cut-out center cookie.
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Love the combination of spices in the jam! I’m crazy about spices, so I would add a pinch of cardamom to the dough as well. Thanks for sharing
That is a great idea, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you so much for coming by, Azu! :)
Oh those cookie cutters are gorgeous! I got myself a set on special recently but haven’t gotten around to using them, so thank you for the inspiration! Love the star cut out in the centre too, and I can imagine that the spices in the jam would give it a lovely flavour <3
Thank you, Claudia! They are so much fun to make, you’ll love it! :)
I love (LOVE) crumbly, buttery cookies!! And no, I don’t have Linzer cookie cutter, and now I’m shopping on Amazon for it. Your cookies look so pretty, Nicole!!
Thank you, Shinee! It was so much fun to make these, I have a feeling there will be many more Linzer cookies coming on The Spice Train… :)
These are so lovely Nicole. I really need to make some Linzer pies/tarts and biscuits, they look so cute.
Thank you, Angela! They do look cute, don’t they? I love that cookie cutter set. :)
Ahhhh I lovw Linzer cookies…Just LOVE!!! And that top pic with the cookie missing from the pan..BRILLIANT!
Thank you, Mila! I moved these guys around a few times but wasn’t happy with the look and then I thought “less is more” and took that one cookie out. :)
Wow, these are gorgeous! And ginger cardamom raspberry jam sounds heavenly…I’ve never tried my hand at making homemade jam, but I’ll have to look into it!
Thank you so much! This jam is super-easy to make and takes just a few minutes, I love it. :)