Linzer Cookie

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting tops
• 1 (10 ounce) jar raspberry jam or 1 (10 ounce) jar apricot jam

Recipe

• 1 mix butter, orange extract and sugar.
• 2 stir in 1 cup of flour at a time, mixing well.
• 3 chill the dough at least 2 hours.
• 4 roll out 1/2 of dough on cookie sheet to 1/4 inch think and chill 30 more minutes.
• 5 cut with the linzer cutter with an insert. (push plunger to release cookie if necessary.).
• 6 remove excess dough and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
• 7 roll out other half of dough on a second cookie sheet and chill for 30 minutes.
• 8 cut with linzer cutter with your choice of one of the 6 inserts in place.
• 9 remove excess dough and bake 12 minutes.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 dust tops with powdered sugar.
• 12 spread about 2 teaspoon jam on each cookie bottom.
• 13 place top over bottoms to create the sandwich effect.