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flat lay of chocolate linzer cookies with strawberry filling, fresh strawberries, red flowers, and white cheese cloth

Chocolate and Strawberry Linzer Cookies

Ditch the chocolate covered strawberries for THESE Chocolate and Strawberries Linzer Cookies! Every bite is soft, chocolate-y, strawberry-y, and just SO. GOOD. The perfect treat to make for Valentine's Day!
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 160kcal

Ingredients

  • 2¾ Tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 3 Tablespoons boiling water
  • 1½ cups all purpose flour
  • ⅞ cup almond flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ cup salted butter
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg white
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup strawberry jam

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
  • Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, stir together cocoa powder and boiling water. Set aside
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, almond flour, and baking powder. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Add egg, chocolate mixture, and vanilla.
  • Mix well.
  • Stir in flour mixture.
  • Turn out onto lightly floured parchment paper.
  • Roll to ¼" thick.
  • Cut out using desired cutters.
  • Place cookies on prepared pans.
  • Cut centers out of half the cookies.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes, until firm.
  • When cookies have cooled, spread bottom halves with jam.
  • Top with matching cut-out cookie.
  • Dust with powdered sugar.

Notes

Substitutions:
    • Don’t have almond flour? No worries! Using a food processor, you can grind some almonds and have the same thing! Just remember it needs to be a very fine grind. No chunks!
    • You can use store-bought strawberry jam.
Tips for Making the Best Cookies:
  • Be careful not to over-mix the cookie dough!
  • This dough doesn't need to be refrigerated, but if you need to, you can wrap it tightly in plastic wrap (be sure to flatten it into a disc!) and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
  • Don’t press too hard when assembling the cookies! You don’t want the jam to smush out.
  • These cookies are really meant to be made and eaten within 24 hours of assembly. They won’t keep for very long so, plan accordingly!
  • Feel free to bake the small cut outs from the top cookies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 32mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 177IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg