Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Top with one-half measured teaspoonful of the raspberry jam. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the cookie.

Sprinkle tops of cookies with confectioners sugar then place flat side down on top of chocolate-jam to form cookie sandwiches. Chocolate is a family favorite and the combination of chocolate and cinnamon cookies with chocolate and raspberry filling just says Christmas! These cookies would be awesome for a cookie platter! You can cook Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies

You need 180 g of all-purpose flour (1 and 1/2 cup).
Prepare 90 g of dutch processed cocoa powder (3/4 cup).
It's 3/4 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
You need 200 g of sugar(1 cup).
It's 170 g of butter (3/4 cup) room temperature.
Prepare 1 of large egg room temperature.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
You need of any flavour jam filling.
Prepare of powdered sugar (optional for dusting).

This recipe makes a ton and they look super fancy but are incredibly easy. I mean they're basically a sugar cookie minus the work of icing them. You could also make one batch of the chocolate dough and make some linzer cookies and some in shapes with royal icing. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl using a whisk.

Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and then sift it..
Cream the butter and sugar together on high speed until light and fluffy. Should take a few minutes. I used the whisk attachment..
Beat the egg separately and mix it with the butter and sugar using medium speed..
Change the attachment to the paddle attachment..
Slowly add it in the flour mixture until well combined..
Remove the dough from the mixture, wrap it plastic wrap and chill it for at least 2 hours..
Roll out the dough and cut out your cookie shapes. Make sure to do half the cookies with a solid shape for the bottom and half the cookies with a window for the top..
Bake the cookies for about 12-15 mins (depending on your oven).
After it's done, let them cool to room temperature.
To assemble: flip the solid cookie upside down and place a dollop of jam on it. Take a window cookie and place some jam at the bottom as a glue. Press the top and bottom together..

Remove to wire racks to cool. Spread melted chocolate over the bottoms of solid cookies. Place cookies with cutout centers over chocolate. Sift powdered sugar on top of the cookies with the holes. Brush cookies with egg whites; sprinkle with almond mixture.