Linzer Streifen – Austrian (Christmas) Cookies
The Linzer Streifen is a typical Austrian cookie derived from the Linzer Torte.
A delicious nut shortcrust, spread with red currant jam, laid with strips of pastry.
These cookies are very quick to make because you get a lot of biscuits from one tray.
stored in a cookie tin, they become even more crumbly.
More inspiration for biscuits:
Linz “Eye“ Cookies
Crumble Biscuits
Gingerbread Kipferl
Chocolate Pretzel
Gingerbread
Coconut Balls
Schneekrapferl EN
Vanilla Crescent Cookies
- 200 g grated hazelnuts
- 300 g flour
- 150 g sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- a pinch of cloves
- a pinch of salt
- 250 g cold butter
- 1 egg
- 350 g red currant jam (or black)
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Optional: Roast the hazelnuts in a pan without using any fat, until goldbrown. Leave to cool.
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Mix all dry ingredients. (nuts, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and salt)
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Add butter in pieces and crumble.
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Add egg and knead to a dough.
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Wrap in a cling film and place in fridge for a minimum 2 hours.
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Take ⅔ of dough and roll out on a floured surface to the size of the baking tray. Flour the dough so that it does not stick.
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Place dough on the baking tray with baking paper.
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Spread red current jam evenly on dough.
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Roll out rest of the dough and cut in about 1 to 1,5 cm stripes.
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Place the stripes diagonal on jam, leaving spaces of 1 to 1,5 cm. If they break, simply stick them together.
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Bake in preheated oven at 180° C for about 20 minutes.
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Leave to cool.
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Cut in Stripes of about 2 x 6 cm.
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Store in cookie tin.
The Linzer Streifen taste best after 2 days in a cookie tin. They last about 4 weeks.
Cut out biscuits from the remaining dough, bake at 180° C for about 8 minutes and stick together with jam.
Enjoy baking!
Maggi & Family
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