Almond linzer cookies

Traditional Linzer Cookies are rich, buttery cookies beautifully accentuated by almonds, fruit preserves, and cinnamon. Cut out in all sorts of fun shapes and filled with your choice of jam filling, Linzer cookies deserve a starring role on your Christmas cookie platter!

Try my authentic recipe for the famous Austrian Christmas cookies! In my easy Linzer Cookies recipe, the cookie dough is enriched with ground hazelnuts and almonds and flavored with a mix of Christmas spices.

This Linzer Cookies recipe is made with your choice of jam sandwiched between simple almond-flavored shortbread cookies. See notes above for possible ingredient variations plus cookie cutter recommendations!

Linzer Cookies are almond flavored shortbread cookies with a raspberry jam filling and dusted with powdered sugar for a festive jam filled sandwich cookie.

Raspberry Linzer Cookies sandwich bright and tangy raspberry jam between two almond cookies. They’re as delicious as they are beautiful!

Searching for a fun baking project with the kids? This Cherry Almond Linzer Cookies recipe is not only delicious but also simple to follow, ensuring a delightful bonding experience while creating sweet treats together.

Beautiful Austrian Linzer Cookies! Made with a buttery, nutty, tender and crisp cookie, a sweet, fruity and colorful jam filled center, and finished with

Linzer cookies with raspberry jam filling are the ultimate Christmas cookie! Delicate and delicious, they are major showstoppers for your holiday cookie platters and swaps! And they make for such a fun family baking project too!

The Linzer cookie, thought to have originated in the city of Linz, is based on the Linzertorte, one of the most famous and beloved confections in Austria. The cookies are like mini versions of the torte, which consists of a buttery dough, rich with ground almonds or hazelnuts, spread with jam—usually raspberry or apricot these days, but originally with black or red currant jam or jelly—and then topped with a lattice of more dough before baking. You don't see Linzertortes often on this…

Classic jam-filled cookies that look as beautiful as they taste, these traditional Linzer Cookies, will be the highlight of your cookie tray.