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Desserts Cookies

Vegetarian

Linz eyes

Name: Linz eyes
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 300 g Mehl; 200 g Butter; 100 g Mandeln; 100 g Staubzucker; 100 g Ribiselmarmelade; 2 Eidotter; 1 Packung Vanillezucker; Zitronenschale; Staubzucker

Seasonality: 0%.

Ingredients for 2 sheets: 300 g Flour, 200 g Butter, 100 g Almonds, 100 g Powdered sugar, 100 g Currant jam, 2 Egg yolk, 1 package Vanilla sugar, Lemon zest, Powdered sugar

Nutrition per serving View details

Carbohydrates: 202 g Protein: 30 g Fat: 117 g Fiber: 11 g

Energy: 1,974 kcal (8,259 kJ)

Preparation of Linz eyes

Shortcrust pastry

30 dag Flour
20 dag Butter
10 dag grated Almonds
10 dag Powdered sugar
2 Egg yolk
1 package Vanilla sugar
etwas Lemon zest

Mix 30 dag Flour with 10 dag grated Almonds, 10 dag Powdered sugar, etwas Lemon zest and 1 package Vanilla sugar and knead into a shortcrust pastry with 20 dag Butter (cut into pieces, not too cold) and 2 Egg yolk. Chill the shortcrust pastry for 30 minutes.

Cut out cookies

Roll out the dough thinly and cut out round cookies with a cutter. Half of the cookies should have the three holes typical of Linzer eyes, there are special cutters for this.

Bake Linzer eyes

Bake the cookies for the Linzer eyes on baking paper in the oven at 180°C for 4-5 minutes. Remove the cookies from the baking tray together with the baking paper and leave to cool.

Filling Linz eyes

10 dag Currant jam
Powdered sugar

Fill the completely cooled cookies with approx. 10 dag Currant jam (the bottom side without holes and the top side with holes). Sprinkle the filled Linzer eyes with Powdered sugar through a sieve.

Created and tested by Martin Schlagnitweit – seasonal cook, web developer and vegetable grower.

Martin Schlagnitweit

Linz eyes photos

Knead a shortcrust pastry from flour, butter, powdered sugar, grated almonds and egg yolks

The kneaded shortcrust pastry

Roll out the dough and cut out cookies with a round cookie cutter (half with holes)

The baked parts for the Linzer eyes before filling

The filled Linzer eyes

Nutrition per serving

Reference amount: 1 serving

Composition

Carbohydrates 56% Protein 8.3% Fat 33% Fiber 3.1%

Carbohydrates: 202 g
Protein: 30 g
Fat: 117 g
Fiber: 11 g

Energy

1,974 kcal

8,259 kJ

Questions about Linz eyes

How many kcal does Linz eyes have?: One serving of Linz eyes provides 1,974 kcal.
How many carbs does Linz eyes contain?: One serving of Linz eyes contains 202 g of carbs.
How much protein does Linz eyes contain?: One serving of Linz eyes contains 30 g of protein.
How much fat does Linz eyes contain?: One serving of Linz eyes contains 117 g of fat.
How much fiber does Linz eyes contain?: One serving of Linz eyes contains 11 g of fiber.