Linzern Keksi / Linzer Cookies

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150 g maslaca

100 g prah secera

1 m.k vanilije paste

prstohvat soli

korica 1 limuna

1 zumanjce

1 jaje

350 g glatkog brasna+za doradu

Jos potrebno

Pekmez marelica ili sljiva

1. Maslac sobne temperature i secer umutiti mikserom, dodati vanilu, sol, izrendanu limunovu koricu, zumanjce i jaje i uz koju kasiku brasna laganu mutiti mkserom da se sve sjedini. Dodavati malo po malo brasna (mesati rucno) pa zamesiti glatko tjesto. Zamotati u prozirnu foliju, staviti u frizider na 1 sat (ja sam preko noci).

2. Zagrijati rernu 170°C (fan). Okruglim kalupom (4.5 cm) vaditi keksice i slagati na plehove oblozene papirom za pecenje. Polovina keksica treba da ostane puna a preostala sa rupicama.

3. Peci 8-10 minuta ili kad pocnu blago rumeniti gotovi su. Prohladiti pa polovinu keksica sa rupicama posuti prah secerom. Zagrijati pekmez 10ak sekundi u mikrovalnoj (lakse ce se mazati) pa spajati keksice. Cuvati u limenim kutijama.

Linzer Cookies

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Ingredients

150 g butter

100 g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

pinch of salt

1 lemon, zest

1 egg yolk

1 egg

350 g flour

You will also need Jam (apricot or plum) Method 1. Using a mixer, combine the softened butter with sugar for a minute or two. Add the vanilla paste, salt, lemon zest. Whilst adding the egg and egg yolk, also add a couple tablespoons of flour in order to properly incorporate the mixture. Then, using your hands, add the rest of the flour to form a soft dough. Wrap in cling film and leave in the fridge to cool for 1 hour or overnight.  2. Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan). Cut out half of the cookies with a round cookie cutter, and the other half with a cutter of your choice - I used a smiley face cookie cutter of around 4.5 cm. Place them onto prepared baking trays and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until they begin to colour. They should remain mostly pale.  Leave to cool.  3. Dust the top (smiley face) cookies with icing sugar. Heat the jam for 10 seconds in the microwave to make it more spreadable, then use it to stick the top cookies onto the round cookies. 

Tip; Dust the top cookies with icing sugar before sticking the cookies together. This avoids icing sugar getting into the jam, and gives a neater finish!