Linzer Eyes
Ingredients
- 2 cups 240 g Flour
- 2 sticks plus 1 tbsp 240 g Butter
- ⅔ cup 140 g Confectioner’s sugar
- 6 oz 170 g Hazelnuts, ground
- 2 tbsp 1 kl Cinnamon, ground
- 2 tbsp Milk
- About 1¼ cup 150 g apricot marmalade for brushing
- Confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
- Knead the flour, room temperature butter, confectioner’s sugar, ground hazelnuts, cinnamon, and milk to dough and let rest for half an hour.
- Roll out the dough and split into two halves.
- Cut circles out of one half, and rings of the same size out of the other half.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes.
- Let cool, brush the circles with apricot marmalade, and place the rings on top.
- Dust with confectioner’s sugar.