Repeat with remaining cookies.Every Christmas my mom would fill the kitchen (and sitting room!) with freshly baked cookies.
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Place a rounded teaspoon of dulce de leche in the center of a full cookie and then sandwich it with the powdered-sugar cookie.
Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (or up to 24 hours).
To make the baking process as easy as possible, keep these tips in mind:Ĭhill the cookie dough - You absolutely must chill the linzer cookie dough before rolling it out. These gingerbread linzer cookies require some assembly and prep work, but they are 1000% worth the effort.
It’s lovely and holiday-esque and I really enjoy them. I’ve made more traditional linzers before, but I’m not going to lie, I really like how these are all spiced and s**t. They usually have a jam center (they are literally jam-packed) and then topped with another cookie, this time with a hole in the middle so you can see those gorgeous jam centers. They are the opposite, thanks to these delectable dulce de leche centers.Ī linzer is an Austrian dessert typically made from a shortbread-like dough, but with ground nuts (these linzer cookies don’t have nuts, but you get the picture). “Why do people even make regular gingerbread?” This is the question I asked myself after eating these Gingerbread Linzer Cookies with dulce de leche centers. I mean, isn’t it a common complaint that gingerbread is too dry? So you just overcrowd it with icing sugar? But then it’s still dry?