Linzer Prune-Cookies
Ingredients for approx. 18 cookies:
80 g California prunes3 tablespoons water
280-300 g flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons gingerbread spice mix
50 g brown sugar
100 g butter, softened
1 egg (M)
For the filling:
80 g quince or red currant jam
2 tablespoons water
100 g California prunes
Furthermore:
Some powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 180 °C and puree prunes for the cookie dough with water.
2. Mix baking powder with flour, gingerbread spice and sugar. Whisk in butter cubes, egg and plum puree with a hand mixer. Use kneader of hand mixer to nit the dough until smooth. Wrap the dough in foil and place for 30 min in the refrigerator.
3. Boil water for 2 minutes with the jam. Add the prunes and puree well.
4. Roll out the dough on floured surface, until 2-3 mm thick. Cut out 36 round cookies (approx. 6cm diameter). Bake half of the cookies for 12 minutes. Cut out little stars (2,5-3cm diameter) from center of the uncooked cookies and bake. Also bake the little stars but take them out a few minutes earlier than the other cookies.
5. Spread prune filling sparingly but evenly on the round cookies, then place a dab of the filling in the centre and place the cookies with star cut out on it. Press gently. Sift powder sugar over cookies.
Nutrition value per serving approx:
Energy: 155 kcal / 648 kJ Proteins: 2,7 g Fat: 5,6 g Carbohydrates: 23 g
Preparation time: approx. 75 minutes