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Lemon Curd Linzer Cookies

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Soft Shortbread Cut Out Cookie sandwiches Filled with Lemon Curd and dusted with powdered sugar.
Servings 25 sandwich cookies (top and bottom)
Author Mandy Merriman - Baking with Blondie

Equipment

  • scalloped cookie cutter
  • circle cookie cutter
  • rolling pin & parchment paper

Ingredients

1 Batch of Lemon Curd *See Recipe Below in Separate Recipe Section

Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

  • 1 cup unsalted butter left out at room temperature for 10 minutes
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract/emulsion/elixir
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy.
  • Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined.
  • Slow the mixer to low, then add in the flour until combined, but don't overmix.
  • Dump out the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper, then place another sheet on top. Use a rolling pin to flatten out the dough to be about 1/8 inch thick.
  • Place the flattened/covered dough on a cookie sheet, then refrigerate for 20 minutes until firm.
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place a sheet of parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
  • Use the linzer cookie cutouts (one should be plain, and one should have the heart cut-out, OR you can use the bottom of a small glass for half the cookies, and use a circle cutout in the center of the other half), to make half the cookies plain and half the cookies with the circle cut-out. Place the cut out cookies onto the prepared cookie sheet.
  • Place the cookie sheet into the freezer for 3-5 minutes, then bake for 8-10 minutes. The edges should not be brown, so keep an eye on them. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
  • Add a dusting of powdered sugar on the circle cut-out cookies (on top on the outside), then spread on the curd on the inside of the plain cookies. Sandwich them together with the powdered sugar circle cut out portions on top.