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Ginger Linzer Cookies with Grapefruit Curd

Shanna
Makes approx 24 sandwich cookies
Prep time 20 min
Chilling time 2 hours, divided
Bake time 8-9 min for solid cookies, 6-7 for cookies with cut out middles
Cooling time 20 min
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Chilling and cooling time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 29 minutes
Servings 24 Sandwich Cookies

Equipment

  • 2-3 Baking sheets
  • 1 Mixing bowl
  • 1 stand mixer or a hand mixer
  • 2-3 cookie cooling racks
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 parchment paper wax paper

Ingredients
  

  • 290 g all purpose flour
  • 120 g almond flour
  • 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
  • ΒΌ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 250 g butter unsalted, room temp
  • 200 g granulated white sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks save the whites for another use
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Grapefruit Curd reicpe linked in post
  • Confectioners sugar for dusting

Instructions
 

  • Combine flour, almond flour ginger and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. In a larger mixing bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides when needed. Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix again. Add in the flour mixture and mix on low until fully combined and a stiff-ish dough has formed. Shape the dough into two discs and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for a few hours up to overnight.
  • When ready to bake heat oven to 350 Deg F.
  • Roll out the dough discs one at a time between pieces of parchment paper to about 5-8 mm thick. Freeze on a baking sheet until firm. Cut out your shapes - solid for the bottoms, same shape but with a cut out for the tops.
  • Bake the bottoms for 8-9 minutes, the tops for 6-7 minutes until set and dry on top but not changing color.
  • Cool on cooling racks until completely cool.
  • Spoon a scant teaspoon of curd in the middle of the bottom cookies then add the tops, dust with powdered sugar.
  • Store in an airtight container or bag either at room temperature or in the freezer.