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Selection of sandwiched round Linzer shortbread, powdery white top with a small circular window of red jam, visible golden slices.
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Retro & Traditional / Cookies & cupcakes

Round Linzer Biscuits with Raspberry Windows

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

Two round shortbread are joined by jam. The powdered sugar top shows a small central red circle, as in a box of Christmas cookies.

36 round sandwiches of 5 cm, two biscuits of 3 mm; 18 portions / Two round shortbread are joined by jam. The powdered sugar top shows a small central red circle, as in a box of Christmas cookies.

18Indicative portions
50 minPreparation
48 minBaking
2 hRest & Cooling
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Two round shortbread are joined by jam. The powdered sugar top shows a small central red circle, as in a box of Christmas cookies.

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Preparation

  1. Rub together flour, ground almonds, butter and 80 g of icing sugar. Add egg and vanilla, collect and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  2. Spread on 3 mm. Cut 72 discs of 5 cm by re-spreading the drops without working too much dough; hollow out a round of 1.5 cm in the center of 36 discs. Cook the last drops in small separate cookies.
  3. Spread over four baking tray and cook each for 10 to 12 minutes at 170 °C, until the edges are very slightly blond. Cool completely.
  4. Powder the 36 openwork discs with the 20 g of icing sugar. Spread the 150 g of jam between the 36 bottoms, about 4 g per bottom, then place the tops without crushing them.
  5. Let it stick for 30 minutes in the cool. Serve two sandwiches per person; jam should remain in the window without overflowing edges.

Preserve and Serve

3 days in a refrigerator box; take out 15 minutes before tasting.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Work the dough just enough to combine the ingredients after adding flour; avoid prolonged kneading.
  • Respect the temperature of the butter and the indicated rest. If a cutting paste becomes sticky, cool it before shaping.
  • Keep a regular thickness between pieces of the same batch and monitors the edges at the end of cooking. Let cool before garnishing.

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