Austrian Christmas biscuits (Linzer Törtchen)
1 hour 45 min
These classic Christmas biscuits from Austria are made without eggs. You can use your favourite jam for the filling, but I like redcurrant jelly best.
GabiL
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Ingredients
Makes: 25 biscuits
- 170g plain flour
- 170g unsalted butter
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g ground almonds
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- jam of choice, warmed in the microwave
- chocolate icing
- halved hazelnuts
Method
Prep:25min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:1hr chilling ›
Ready in:1hr45min
- In a mixing bowl combine flour, butter, sugar, ground almonds, cloves and cinnamon. Knead with your hands until a firm dough forms. Make a ball and wrap into cling film. Chill for 1 hour in the fridge.
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease a baking tray or line with parchment.
- Dust a work surface and a rolling pin with flour or ground almonds and thinly roll out the dough. Cut out round biscuits with a cutter and place them onto the prepared baking tray.
- Bake biscuits for about 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Carefully remove the biscuits from the tray, as they break easily.
- Brush each biscuit with warm jam, while still warm. Sandwich the biscuits.
- Let the biscuits cool down. Brush with chocolate icing and decorate each with a hazelnut half.
