Linzer Cookies with Cranberry Orange Filling
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup vegan margarine
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 orange, zest only
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cup plain flour
- 3/4 cup ground almonds
- pinch sea salt
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
Cranberry orange chia jam
- 300g Cooks’ Ingredients Cranberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 oranges
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 cinnamon sticks or 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp sugar
Preparation
Make chia jam by adding cranberries and water to a small pan over a medium heat. Zest and juice oranges and add to the pan with chia seeds, cinnamon sticks and sugar. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until thick and jammy.
Prepare cookie dough by beating butter, sugar, orange zest and vanilla until light and fluffy.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, ground almonds and salt. Add in the butter mixture and mix until combined to form a dough.
Divide dough in half, patting each half into a disc. Wrap and chill for an hour in the fridge.
Preheat oven to 180°C and line two baking sheets.
On a floured surface, roll one disc of dough out to 5 mm. Using a cutter, cut out cookies and transfer to baking sheet.
Using the other disc of dough, cut out an equal number of cookies with heart-shaped cutouts and transfer to baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool fully on a rack.
Fill the cookies with 1/2 teaspoon jam each and sprinkle with sifted icing sugar.
