Chocolate Linzer Cookies

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon cocoa, sifted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup almonds, ground
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup raspberry jam
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting cookie tops

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa, cinnamon, sugar and almonds.
• 2 toss lightly with a fork, add butter pieces.
• 3 gather into a ball.
• 4 wrap securely in plastic wrap and chill 4 to 5 hours.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 6 on lightly floured surface roll out half of dough.
• 7 cut put rounds using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter.
• 8 with the remaining half of dough cut out rounds with the same cutter, but also cut a smaller circle(about3/4-inch) in the center, using a bottle cap.
• 9 place both batches on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 10 remove from cookie sheet and cool completely.
• 11 spread plain cookies with jam and cover with a cookie with a whole in the center.
• 12 sprinkle tops with confectioners' sugar.