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Cocoa Linzer biscuits served
Crumbly cocoa Linzer cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

Cocoa Linzer Biscuits

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
Linzer dough is the queen of shortcrust pastries. The secret is the high fat content and the 'short' structure, achieved by coating flour particles with fat to prevent gluten development. Cocoa powder acts like flour here, but since it has no gluten, the dough is even more crumbly, indeed easily breakable, so it requires gentle hands.
🕒 Prep Time 30 mins
🍳 Cook Time 12 mins
⌛ Total Time 1 hr 12 mins
🍽️ Servings 20 servings
🔥 Calories 280 kcal
🌍 Cuisine International

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Rolling pin
  • Linzer cutters (solid and with hole)
  • Baking paper

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Eggs

Instructions

1 ✓

Mix the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, icing sugar). Rub in the cold butter quickly.

Tip: Use your fingertips or a food processor so the butter doesn't melt.
2 ✓

Add the yolks and vanilla, quickly knead into a ball. Rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Tip: During resting, the butter firms up, making the dough more manageable and less sticky.
3 ✓

Oven on: 180°C. Roll out the dough to 3-4 mm thickness and cut out shapes (in pairs: one solid, one with a hole).

Tip: If it sticks, roll between two sheets of baking paper so you don't need to add extra flour.
4 ✓

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Leave to cool on the baking tray!

Tip: Very fragile when warm. If moved, they may deform.
5 ✓

Dust the tops (with holes) with icing sugar, spread jam on the bases, and sandwich them together.

Tip: This way the jam stays nice and shiny in the hole and doesn't get covered in sugar.

Recipe FAQ

Why did it deform during baking?
The dough was too warm, and the butter melted before the dough baked. Chill the tray in the fridge for 10 minutes before baking!
Why is it hard?
You overkneaded the dough or incorporated too much flour when rolling out.

Ingredients

  • 250 g Plain flour
  • 30 g Cocoa powder
  • 100 g Icing sugar
  • 150 g Butter (cold)
  • 2 pcs Egg yolks
  • 10 g Vanilla sugar
  • 200 g Apricot jam
  • 20 g Icing sugar (for dusting)