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Round linzer powdered with icing sugar, each central window masked by a small disc of white shortbread. A lid rests next to it and shows the round of red jam in the window, while the sandwich remains assembled.
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Linzer Biscuits with Closed Little Windows

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

A mini-sandbread placed on each window pulls out to find the round of red jam.

18 Linzer of 6 cm with hood of 2.7 cm on window of 2 cm / shortbread, cut open, assembly after cooking

9Indicative portions
40 minPreparation
37 minBaking
2 hRest & Cooling
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The top biscuits are perforated, then covered with a small separate disc wider than the hole; the hood lifts without undoing the sandwich.

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Preparation

  1. Rub together flour, almond, diced butter and 80 g of sugar. Add egg and vanilla, gather without kneading. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  2. Spread on 4 mm and cut 36 discs of 6 cm. In 18 discs, empty a hole of 2 cm. With the drops, cut out 18 small lids of 2.7 cm; cook the rest in additional cookies.
  3. Cook the large discs 12 to 14 minutes at 170 °C, about 28 minutes for two successive baking tray. Cook the small lids 8 to 9 minutes on another baking tray. Cool completely.
  4. Powder openwork tops and lids with icing sugar. Spread about 8 g of jam on each of the 18 full bottoms, then put the openwork disc. Wait 30 minutes in the cool.
  5. Place the small lids on the openings: their larger diameter makes them rest on the cookie, without falling into the jam. Lift a hood with a small spatula to reveal the red circle.

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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