Vegan Linzer Cookies

Vegan Linzer Cookies originated from Linzer, a city in Austria. It was a highly demanded dish in Austria. After gaining popularity, it spread throughout the world. Now, it’s a famous dish among young adults and older people. It’s a favorite cookie dish because of its texture, taste, and flavors. This Vegan Linzer cookie is fluffy, chewy, and has amazing flavors. The center of these cookies is filled with different items (mentioned below). It is a plant-based vegan healthy recipe. Perfect for Christmas events, birthday parties, or Easter gatherings. You can also add a food color to make it more appealing. Follow the cooking directions and ingredients to bake these yummy cookies.

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl
• Two Spoons
• Dish (for soaking the flax seeds)
• Rolling Pin
• Baking Tray
• Shape Cutter
• Fine-mashed strainer

Ingredients

• Wet Ingredients
• Ground Flax seeds, 1 teaspoon
• Water 3tbsps
• Vegan Butter 3/4cup
• Granulated White Sugar 3/4 Cups
• Vanilla Essence 2tsps
• Almond Extract 1/2 tsp

Dry Ingredients

• All-purpose Flour, 2 1/4 cups
• Baking Powder 1/2 tsp
• Salt 1/4tsp

For the Linzer Cookies

• Powdered Sugar 2 tbsp
• Jam 6tbsps

Ingredient Notes

All-purpose flour: I used this flour to prepare the cookie dough. We can also use alternatives to this flour like almond, gluten-free, or wheat flour.
Sugar: We used fine powder white sugar. Replace it with other sugar items like xylitol, coconut, or cane sugar.
Jam: You can choose jam according to your taste buds. Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, cherry, or apricot jams are good options. You can opt for layering.
Flax seeds: These seeds are used as an alternative to eggs.
Baking Powder: Add this item to combine and maintain the cookie shape.
Butter: It gives a smooth and buttery flavor.

Instructions

1. Making of cookie dough
2. First, warm the oven to 350 degrees to bake the cookies.
3. Next, add the baking powder, all-purpose flour, and salt in a bowl.
4. Mix all ingredients with the spoon. Set aside it.
5. Dip the flax seeds in a small dish of water. Put aside a bowl until the seeds are doubled in size.
6. Next, take another bowl and add sugar and vegan butter. Whisk it for 2-4 minutes until smooth.
7. Add vanilla essence and almond extract with soaked flax seeds to the same bowl.
8. Now, transfer this wet mixture to the dry batter. Mix thoroughly to get a soft dough.

Preparation of cookies

1. Next, shift the dough to the clean baking sheet and roll it with a rolling pin until it is a quarter of an inch thick.
2. Place the rolled dough on a baking dish and store in the freezer for fifteen to twenty minutes, or refrigerate it for half an hour.
3. After a few minutes, take out the baking dish from the fridge.
4. Cut the dough by using a shape cutter of your choice.
5. Transfer the shaped cookies to a baking tray (mist it with oil).
6. Bake it for 9–13 minutes until it’s soft and crispy.

Assembling the cookies

1. Now, cool cookies at a normal place for 10-15 minutes.
2. Shift the baked cookies to a clean sheet. Dust with granulated white sugar using a strainer.
3. Next, spread the jam over the cookies with the spoon and again sprinkle white sugar.
4. Decorate all other cookies with the same steps.
5. The tasty and crunchy cookies are ready to eat.

Alternatives of this dish

• We can modify the dish by using alternatives to the recipe items.
• Mix the fine outer layer of lemon or orange in the cookie mixture to add a tangy flavor.
• Almond and vanilla pair well with this dish. You can use only one extract for baking. It’s optional.
• Fill the cookies with cranberry sauce, pumpkin butter hazelnut spread, apple butter, or chocolate ganache.
• A half teaspoon of ground cinnamon can be added to the cookie batter.

Tips

• Make sure to warm the oven before baking the cookies.
• Refrigerate the cookie dough for one hour before baking to avoid any cracks.
• Customize the shapes according to your choice.
• Prevent overbaking the cookies; otherwise, it will be hard and dark brown.
• Recommend using a measuring machine to measure the exact amount of items.
• Try this recipe with different flours. The taste of cookies will change by adding different flours.
• Use high-quality jam. You may use store-bought or homemade jam.

Storage Information

Fridge: Homemade cookies can be saved in a tight, closed vessel or jar. Refrigerate it for up to one week.
Freezer: We can freeze the baked cookies and their dough for later consumption.

To freeze-baked cookies, cover the remaining cookies in plastic sheets and seal them in a closed plastic bag. Freeze it for two months.
To freeze cookie dough: You can save the dough tightly in a clean plastic wrapper or sheet and freeze for 3 to 4 months.

Rewarming: You can reheat the frozen cookies in a microwave oven for 4/5 minutes. We can also bake the cookie dough in an oven for 9–14 minutes (according to the baking time mentioned above in the instructions).

FAQs

How can we decorate the cookies?
Once the cookies are baked, sprinkle them with sugar icing, garnished chocolate, and colorful sprinkles.

How can we prevent the cookies from becoming moist?
To avoid moisture, save the cookies in an airtight jar or sealed cookie tin.

What other items can I use to fill the center of Vegan Linzer cookies?
Fill the center of the cookies with vegan vanilla frosting, fruit jam, biscoff, chocolate spread, vegan pastry cream, lemon curd, and vegan Nutella.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

Serving amount: 1 cookie
Quantity: 30 cookies
Total Calories: 139kcals
Carbohydrates 21g
Protein 1g
Fiber 1g
Total Fat: 5g
Sugar 10g
Sodium 78mg
Iron 0.7mg