Linzer cookies

An old Austrian recipe to prepare approximately 150 pieces of real llinzer Christmas cookies.

Ingredients:

• 300g / 10,5oz / 2,4 cup sieved all-purpose flour
• 150g / 5,2oz / 0,7 cup softened butter
• 100g / 3,5oz / 2,4 cup sieved powdered sugar
• 2 egg yolk
• One pack of vanilla sugar (20g / 0,7oz)
• 1 tsp lemon peel
• Baking paper
• Flour for flouring the work surface

Recipe steps:

1. Put sifted flour, sugar, egg yolks, sliced butter and vanilla sugar into a bowl.
2. Work out the smooth dough, which is then wrapped in food foil and left to stiffen in the fridge for 2 hours.
3. Roll the dough into a sheet 3 mm wide, cut out the round shape (or other shapes), and cut out the middle from half of the batch.
4. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper with not very large gaps.
5. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in an oven heated to 170°C/340°F, then let it cool.
6. We combine the cookies with jam, then lightly sugar coat, leaving the finished cookies for at least 5 days.