The Original Linzer Cookie

This recipe is the original Austrian Linzer cookie recipe and it is a bit different from the versions I have tasted here in the US. By the way, did you know that the Linzer cookie is based on the Linzer tart, one of the oldest know tarts with a recipe discovered in an Austrian abbey in 1653.
Just like the tart’s crust, the cookie is made with ground almonds, and spiced with lemon, orange and cinnamon. Two cookies are sandwiched together and filled with a layer of currant jam (Ribisel Marmelade). I use lingonberry or raspberry jam adding a pinch of fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Mix butter and sugar, add egg yolks. Mix flour (add a pinch if salt) and ground almonds, add cinnamon. Add into butter/sugar/egg mixture. Add 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon and orange juice. Let mixture sit over night. Bake cookies, fill with jam and sandwich together, sprinkle a bit with powered sugar.

230 gram butter
180 gram sugar
2 egg yolks
320 gram flour
128 gram almonds
Spices: 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, lemon, orange juice, pinch of salt
Lingonberry jam