Linzer Cookies with Peppery Orange Marmalade

Name: Linzer Cookies with Peppery Orange Marmalade
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 Portions
Cuisine: Austrian
Ingredients: 300g Wheat flour; 200g Butter; 95g Powdered sugar; 1 Egg; 5g Bourbon Vanilla Sugar; 100g Orange marmalade; 6tbsp. Orange juice; 1tbsp. Orange peel, grated; 2tsp. Pepper Black, Ground

60—90 Min

Pepper Black, Whole

Crumbly Linzer cookies just like grandma's, refined with a peppery orange marmalade. Combined with the finest sugar, the genuine bourbon vanilla adds a heavenly, mildly aromatic flavor to the cookie dough. However, the real star of the show is the orange marmalade with a peppery kick.

Ingredients 4 Portions

For the pie dough
- 300 gWheat flour
- 200 gButter
- 95 gPowdered sugar
- 1 Egg
- 5 gBourbon Vanilla Sugar
For the marmalade
- 100 gOrange marmalade
- 6 tbsp.Orange juice
- 1 tbsp.Orange peel, grated
- 2 tsp.Pepper Black, Ground

Preparation

1
To make the pie dough: Work the powdered sugar, butter, flour, eggs, bourbon vanilla sugar and orange peel into a smooth dough. Cover with plastic wrap and leave to rest for an hour in the fridge.
2
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (347°F).
3
Roll the dough out until it is 3 millimeters thick. Cut out cookies with holes and cookies without holes for the base.
4
To make the marmalade: Place the marmalade orange juice and the zest of an orange in a pan. Leave to simmer for 5 minutes and season to taste with ground pepper.
5
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool. Dust the cookies that have holes with powdered sugar.
6
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool. Dust the cookies that have holes with powdered sugar.
7
Spread marmalade onto the cookies that do not have holes and stick them to the cookies with holes. Store the cookies in an air-tight container.