Linzer Prune Cookies

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Linzer Prune Cookies

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Soft and sweet these super pretty Linzer cookies are very easy to make and an ideal treat to share with special guests

  • Prep Time: 75
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 36 1x
  • Method: import-018
  • Cuisine: R066

Ingredients

Units Scale

80 g Sunsweet prunes
3 tablespoons water
280–300 g flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons ginger spice
50 g brown sugar
100 g butter, softened
1 medium egg

For the filling:
80 g quince or red currant jam
2 tablespoons water
100 g Sunsweet prunes

To Serve:
Some icing sugar for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180 °C and puree prunes for the cookie dough with water.
  2. Mix baking powder with flour, ginger spice and sugar. Whisk in butter cubes, egg and plum puree with a hand mixer. Use kneader of hand mixer to knit the dough until smooth. Wrap the dough in foil and place for 30 min in the refrigerator.
  3. Boil water for 2 minutes with the jam. Add the prunes and puree and mix well.
  4. Roll out the dough on floured surface, until 2-3 mm thick. Cut out 36 round cookies (approx. 6cm diameter). Bake half of the cookies for 12 minutes. Cut out little stars (2,5-3cm diameter) from center of the uncooked cookies and bake. Also bake the little stars but take them out a few minutes earlier than the other cookies.
  5. Spread prune filling sparingly but evenly on the round cookies, then place a dab of the filling in the centre and place the cookies with star cut out on it. Press gently. Sift icing sugar over cookies.

Notes

MK2

Nutrition

  • Calories: 155
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Linzer Prune Cookies

Print Recipe

Soft and sweet these super pretty Linzer cookies are very easy to make and an ideal treat to share with special guests

  • Prep Time: 75
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 36 1x
  • Method: import-018
  • Cuisine: R066

Ingredients

Units Scale

80 g Sunsweet prunes
3 tablespoons water
280–300 g flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons ginger spice
50 g brown sugar
100 g butter, softened
1 medium egg

For the filling:
80 g quince or red currant jam
2 tablespoons water
100 g Sunsweet prunes

To Serve:
Some icing sugar for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180 °C and puree prunes for the cookie dough with water.
  2. Mix baking powder with flour, ginger spice and sugar. Whisk in butter cubes, egg and plum puree with a hand mixer. Use kneader of hand mixer to knit the dough until smooth. Wrap the dough in foil and place for 30 min in the refrigerator.
  3. Boil water for 2 minutes with the jam. Add the prunes and puree and mix well.
  4. Roll out the dough on floured surface, until 2-3 mm thick. Cut out 36 round cookies (approx. 6cm diameter). Bake half of the cookies for 12 minutes. Cut out little stars (2,5-3cm diameter) from center of the uncooked cookies and bake. Also bake the little stars but take them out a few minutes earlier than the other cookies.
  5. Spread prune filling sparingly but evenly on the round cookies, then place a dab of the filling in the centre and place the cookies with star cut out on it. Press gently. Sift icing sugar over cookies.

Notes

MK2

Nutrition

  • Calories: 155
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Linzer Prune Cookies

Print Recipe

Soft and sweet these super pretty Linzer cookies are very easy to make and an ideal treat to share with special guests

  • Prep Time: 75
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 36 1x
  • Method: import-018
  • Cuisine: R066

Ingredients

Units Scale

80 g Sunsweet prunes
3 tablespoons water
280–300 g flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons ginger spice
50 g brown sugar
100 g butter, softened
1 medium egg

For the filling:
80 g quince or red currant jam
2 tablespoons water
100 g Sunsweet prunes

To Serve:
Some icing sugar for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180 °C and puree prunes for the cookie dough with water.
  2. Mix baking powder with flour, ginger spice and sugar. Whisk in butter cubes, egg and plum puree with a hand mixer. Use kneader of hand mixer to knit the dough until smooth. Wrap the dough in foil and place for 30 min in the refrigerator.
  3. Boil water for 2 minutes with the jam. Add the prunes and puree and mix well.
  4. Roll out the dough on floured surface, until 2-3 mm thick. Cut out 36 round cookies (approx. 6cm diameter). Bake half of the cookies for 12 minutes. Cut out little stars (2,5-3cm diameter) from center of the uncooked cookies and bake. Also bake the little stars but take them out a few minutes earlier than the other cookies.
  5. Spread prune filling sparingly but evenly on the round cookies, then place a dab of the filling in the centre and place the cookies with star cut out on it. Press gently. Sift icing sugar over cookies.

Notes

MK2

Nutrition

  • Calories: 155

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