Dulce de leche filled Linzer cookies

These pretty, caramel filled sugar cookies are super quick and simple to make. They’re great fun to make with the kids – all you need is some basic cookie ingredients, a jar of dulce de leche and some cookie cutters.

The resulting cookies are sweet, crumbly and delicious. Here’s how to make them at home.

Makes 24 cookies.

Ingredients

• 110g (3.9 oz) slightly salted butter, grated
• 100g (3.5 oz) caster sugar
• 1 medium free range egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 250g (8.8 oz) plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 jar of dulce de leche
• A baking sheet
• Greaseproof paper
• Cookie cutters

Instructions

1. Beat the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fully combined
2. Fold in the flour and baking powder until you can knead it into a smooth dough
3. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for an hour
4. Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan assisted, 350F)
5. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 3mm thick and cut out 12 complete rounds and 12 with a shape punched in the centre. I used a linzer cookie cutter set which works brilliantly and is great for little hands, but you could get a similar effect with one large cookie cutter and one small one
6. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper – I did mine in two batches
7. Bake for 6-8 minutes until just starting to colour
8. Remove from the oven and cool on wire rack
9. When cool, cover each of the complete rounds in about 1/2-1 tsp of dulce de leche, then top with a punched round to complete, taking care to line up the edges if you used a frilled cutter

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Dulce de leche filled Linzer cookies

These pretty, caramel filled sugar cookies are super quick and simple to make. They’re great fun to make with the kids – all you need is some basic cookie ingredients, a jar of dulce de leche and some cookie cutters.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time8 mins

Chilling time1 hr

Total Time28 mins

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: Austrian

Keyword: cookies, dulce de leche, Linzer cookies

Servings: 24 cookies

Calories: 90kcal

Author: Emily Leary

Ingredients

• 110 g (3.9 oz) slightly salted butter softened
• 100 g (3.5 oz) caster sugar
• 1 medium free range egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 250 g (8.8 oz) plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 250 g (8.8 oz) dulce de leche

Instructions

• Beat the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fully combined.
• Fold in the flour and baking powder until you can knead it into a smooth dough.
• Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan assisted, 350F).
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 3mm thick and cut out 12 complete rounds and 12 with a shape punched in the centre. I used this linzer cookie cutter set which works brilliantly and is great for little hands, but you could get a similar effect with one large cookie cutter and one small one.
• Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper – I did mine in two batches.
• Bake for 6-8 minutes until just starting to colour.
• Remove from the oven and cool on wire rack.
• When cool, cover each of the complete rounds in about 1/2-1 tsp of dulce de leche, then top with a punched round to complete, taking care to line up the edges if you used a frilled cutter.

Nutrition

Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 124IU | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg

* Note: nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published. Cuisines identify the primary region of inspiration for a dish.

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