Description
These nutella linzer cookies are buttery, melt in your mouth, shortbread cookies filled with a luscious layer of creamy hazelnut spread aka Nutella and will dazzle at your next holiday celebration! These cookies are delicate, buttery, crisp, and perfect for Christmas celebrations!
Ingredients
Scale
- 218g (1¾ cups) all purpose flour, spooned and levelled
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 170g (¾ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100g (½ cup) granulated or caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure almond or vanilla extract
- powdered sugar, for dusting
- 97g (⅓ cup) nutella
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar until the mixture is fluffy and pale yellow. Add the almond extract. Then, add the flour a cup at a time, until you have a crumbly dough that’s starting to come together.
- Turn the dough onto a pastry or cutting board. Press the dough together with clean hands until you have a smooth ball of dough. Cut the dough into two, and flatten each portion into a 1/2” disc. Wrap with plastic wrap, and freeze for about 15 minutes or refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each disc of dough until it’s 1/4” thick. Cut out an even number of 3” circles with a cookie cutter. Use a small cookie cutter to cut out a shape from half of the cookies.
- Place the cookies 1” apart on the prepared sheets, and bake for 10-12 minutes, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned. Let cool for about 5 minutes on the pan, and then move the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool.
- Dust the cookies which have smaller circles with powdered sugar generously.
- Once the cookies are cooled, spread about 1 teaspoon of nutella onto the bottom cookies, and then sandwich the cut-out cookies on top. Dust with powdered sugar, and store in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Linzer, Christmas, Holiday cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: nutella linzer cookies, shortbread linzer cookies, chocolate espresso linzer cookies, chocolate hazelnut linzer cookies