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Published: Jan 18, 2023 · Modified: Apr 23, 2023 by Kelly Bloom · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Raspberry Linzer Cookies

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Delicious Raspberry Linzer cookies are perfect for Valentine's, or anytime that you're craving something a little bit special. Beautiful with their festive heart shape, the combination of sweet raspberries and crunchy shortbread is truly irresistible.

Plate of Raspberry Linzer cookies with sugar dusted cutout tops in the background.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

These melt in your mouth raspberry linzer cookies are sure to bring a smile to everyone's face. With a buttery shortbread base filled with sweet raspberry jam and sprinkled lightly with powdered sugar, these adorable linzer shortbread cookies are as irresistible in appearance as they are in flavor

With their crispy shortbread style cookie base and decadent raspberry jam filling, these delightful shortbread linzer cookies check off all the boxes when it comes to taste and presentation.

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  • Why You Will Love This Recipe
  • Ingredients
  • How to Make Raspberry Linzer Cookies
  • Serving Suggestions
  • Related Recipes
  • Substitutions
  • Variations
  • Equipment
  • Storage
  • Tips for Success
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Food Safety
  • Some Other Recipes We Are Sure You Will Love
  • 📖 Recipe
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Ingredients

These shortbread linzer cookies come together quickly and easily using simple pantry ingredients - making them a great go-to for busy bakers or those baking on a budget.

Get ready for your kitchen to smell festive when you try out this delicious cookie favorite! Here's what you need to make these delightful raspberry linzer cookies:

  • All Purpose Flour
  • Sugar - white granulated sugar.
  • Butter
  • Eggs - save the whites for another recipe.
  • Lemon zest
  • Vanilla extract
  • Almond extract
  • Cinnamon - ground.
  • Cloves - ground
  • Salt
  • Raspberry Jam
  • Powdered Sugar

Ingredients for making raspberry Linzer cookies.

Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How to Make Raspberry Linzer Cookies

This Raspberry Linzer cookies recipe couldn't be easier to make at home, perfect for busy cooks who want the rewards of homemade baking. Let's get baking!

Cream the Butter and Sugar

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F then line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. The parchment paper works better than greasing the pan or using non stick baking spray, but you can use it if you don't have parchment paper.

  2. In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in texture. Add the eggs, vanilla, and almond extracts, and mix well.

Eggs added to creamed sugar and butter for cookie dough.

Mix in the Dry Ingredients

  1. Add the spices to the bowl of creamed sugar, butter, and extracts.

  2. Add the flour and salt and mix into dough. Cover with plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.

Prepared shortbread cookie dough in a bowl ready to be rolled out for cutting.

Cut Out the Tops & Bottom Cookies

  1. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator. Divide the dough in half.

  2. Roll out one half of the dough and use the large heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out 20 bottom cookies. Place on one of the parchment lined cookie sheets.

  3. Roll out the second half of the cookie dough. Use the same large shaped cookie cutter and cut out 20 top cookies. Next, using the small heart cookie cutter, cut out a heart shaped middle from the 20 top cookies. Gently place on the second parchment covered cookie sheet.

Baked heart shaped bottom cookies and top heart cutout cookies for making jam filled Valentine Linzer cookies.

Finish the Linzer Cookie Tops & Bottoms

  1. Place all the shortbread linzer cookie tops on parchment paper, and using a small sifter, dust them with powdered sugar.

  2. Using a small teaspoon, add small dollops of raspberry jam onto the middle of each of the bottom cookies.

  3. To finish, carefully place a powdered sugar dusted top cookie onto the jam filled bottom cookie. Platter and serve!

Heart shaped cookies put together as sandwich cookies. Sugar dusted top cutouts placed on hearts with raspberry jam on them.

Serving Suggestions

Whether you’re indulging on your own or sharing them with friends and family, these delicate raspberry linzer cookies will be sure to satisfy any sweet tooth!

Serve along side our Summer Berry Salad or on a dessert table with our:

  • Summer Berry Trifle
  • Triple Berry Slab Pie
  • Crescent Roll Raspberry Danish
  • Danish Wedding Cookies
  • Raspberry and White Chocolate Loaf Cake
Valentines Day raspberry linzer cookies on a piece of cloth for gift giving.

Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Related Recipes

  • Raspberry and White Chocolate Loaf Cake
  • Raspberry Pancakes
  • Crescent Roll Raspberry Danish
  • Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
  • Chocolate Dipped Pink Sugar Cookies

Substitutions

You are not limited to raspberry jam! These linzer shortbread cookies are amazing with lemon curd, apricot jam, and our blackberry jam!

Variations

You can use this raspberry linzer cookies recipe to make a variety of other filling flavors. Be sure to try a few and see which one is your favorite.

  • Lemon Linzer Cookies - Follow the raspberry linzer cookies recipe except use lemon curd for the filling.

  • Christmas Linzer Cookies - Use the same raspberry linzer cookies recipe but use round cookie cutters for the outer shape of the cookie. Then, use small cookie cutters in the shape of a star, or tree, or bell for the center cut outs. Fill with Nutella, or any filling you prefer.

Equipment

Equipment can have a big impact on how a recipe turns out. Below are some of my favorite pieces of equipment that I use when making these delicious shortbread linzer cookies.

  • Heart Shaped Linzer Cookie Cutter Set
  • Rimmed Cookie Sheet & Rack Set

Storage

Raspberry linzer cookies can stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for a week.

Tips for Success

  • Dust the top cookie shapes first, before setting them on top of the jam filled bottom cookies. If you use parchment paper, you can reuse the powdered sugar that does not fall on the cookie tops.
  • Do not over bake, remove when lightly golden brown. Your cookies will continue to cook more on the hot cookie sheet during the 5 minute wait before transferring them to a cooling rack.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are they called Linzer cookies?

The Linzer torte is a traditional Austrian pastry, a form of shortbread topped with fruit preserves and sliced nuts with a lattice design on top. The cookies are shortbread based and jam filled sandwich cookies that look similar to the Lizer torte and have the same flavor profile.

Food Safety

  • Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
  • Wash hands after touching raw meat
  • Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
  • Never leave cooking food unattended
  • Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
  • Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

See more guidelines at USDA.gov.

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Plate of Raspberry Linzer cookies.
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Raspberry Linzer Cookies

Delicious Raspberry Linzer cookies are perfect for Valentine's, or anytime that you're craving something a little bit special. Beautiful with their festive heart shape, but the combination of sweet raspberries and crunchy shortbread is truly irresistible.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time12 minutes mins
3030 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 12 minutes mins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: European, Holiday
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 325kcal
Author: Kelly Bloom

Equipment

  • Large Rimmed Cookie sheet with cooling racks
  • Heart Shaped Linzer Cookie Cutter Set

Ingredients

  • 4 cup flour
  • 2 cup butter unsalted
  • 1 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • ½ salt
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
  • 1 teaspoon cloves ground
  • ½ cup Raspberry Jam or any flavor you prefer
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F, And line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in texture. Add the eggs, lemon zest, vanilla and almond extracts, and mix well.
    2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1½ teaspoon almond extract, 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • Add the spices to the bowl of creamed sugar, butter, and extracts and mix. Add the flour and salt and mix into dough. Cover with plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
    4 cup flour, 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, ½ salt
  • Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator. Divide the dough in half. Roll out one half of the dough and use the large heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out 20 bottom cookies. Place on one of the parchment lined cookie sheets.
  • Roll out the second half of the cookie dough. Use the same large shaped cookie cutter and cut out 20 top cookies. Next, using the small heart cookie cutter, cut out a heart shaped middle from the 20 top cookies. Gently place on the second parchment covered cookie sheet.
  • Bake each pan of cookies for 12 minutes. Remove when lightly golden brown, and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Make the Filled Cookies

  • Place all the top shortbread linzer cookie tops on parchment paper, and using a small sifter, dust them with powdered sugar.
    ½ cup powdered sugar
  • Using a small teaspoon, add small dollops of raspberry jam onto the middle of each of the bottom cookies.
    ½ cup Raspberry Jam
  • To finish, carefully place a powdered sugar dusted top cookie onto the jam filled bottom cookie. Platter and serve!

Notes

  • Dust the top cookie shapes first, before setting them on top of the jam filled bottom cookies. If you use parchment paper, you can reuse the powdered sugar that does not fall on the cookie tops.
  • Do not over bake, remove when lightly golden brown. Your cookies will continue to cook more on the hot cookie sheet during the 5 minute wait before transferring them to a cooling rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 325kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 592IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
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