Linzer Tarts Recipe

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Linzer Tarts
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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
536
Calories
Total time
37
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For the Dough: cream softened butter with powdered sugar until well blended.
  2. Add the orange extract to the butter mixture and stir well to incorporate.
  3. Stir in the sifted flour one cup at a time, mixing well.
  4. Chill dough 2 or more hours before rolling.
  5. Fill with raspberry or apricot preserves or a mixture of the two.
  6. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  7. Roll out dough on lightly floured board with floured rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick.
  8. Cut with 2 inch round cutter (scalloped cutter is nice) and place on ungreased baking sheet.
  9. Cut out small center circle with 1 inch or smaller cutter in 1/2 of the cookies.
  10. (Reroll scraps as you go).
  11. Bake at 350°F for about 12 minutes, until pale golden and edges are starting to brown.
  12. Cool completely on a wire rack at least 1/2 hour.
  13. Place all the tops (with the inner circles cut out) close together on a sheet of waxed paper.
  14. Dust sifted powdered sugar thickly over the tops.
  15. Place the bottoms on another sheet of waxed paper.
  16. Spread 2 teaspoons preserves very carefully on each bottom cookie.
  17. Spread evenly leaving 1/4 inch rim without preserves around the edge.
  18. Spread the preserves without picking up the cookie; use a flat knife and work right on the waxed paper covered surface.
  19. Top each preserve covered bottom cookie with a sugared top cookie, lightly holding it at the edges.
  20. Carefully transfer to a serving plate.
  21. Do not try to stack or store these very long.
  22. The basic cookies could be packed and frozen, but the assembled cookies should be made the day they are to be served.
  23. PS the original recipe gave the above warning about stacking and storing, but I have made them at Christmas and stacked them between sheets of waxed paper in a tin with no problem.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 536.04 Kcal (2244 kJ)
Calories from fat 383.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 42.6g 66%
Cholesterol 81.34mg 27%
Sodium 295.26mg 12%
Potassium 628.29mg 13%
Total Carbs 37.57g 13%
Sugars 24.15g 97%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 0%
Protein 2.98g 6%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Calcium 28.7mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 562.05 Kcal (2353 kJ)
Calories from fat 402.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 44.67g 66%
Cholesterol 85.29mg 27%
Sodium 309.6mg 12%
Potassium 658.79mg 13%
Total Carbs 39.4g 13%
Sugars 25.32g 97%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 0%
Protein 3.12g 6%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Calcium 30.1mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.3
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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