Don't worry. This is not a cheesy love-metaphor post. It's about the heart-shaped Linzer tart cookies that I made yesterday.My sandwich cookies, based on Martha's Pecan Linzer Tart recipe, was made with ground walnuts. I used less sugar than Martha since I knew that the raspberry jam I had for the filling was rather sweet. The dough was drier than I expected, but after letting it rest in the fridge it rolled out very nicely.
I had to make a heart template out of cardboard since I couldn't find a heart-shaped cookie cutter in my collection. (What kind of person has cookie cutters in the shape of North Carolina, a t-shirt, and the Cathedral in Cologne, but doesn’t have a heart?)
Kevin called half way through the assembly process and said he was on his way home, which was much earlier than I expected. That meant that I didn't have time to cook and strain the jam. Instead I just spread it on straight from the jar. Also, I didn’t have any confectioner sugar so I ground up the white heart-shaped Valentine candies with love messages on them and sprinkled the resulting powder on instead.
Next time I make these cookies I think it would be yummy to use peanuts instead of walnuts – creating twist on a classic PB and J.
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1 comment:
I'm impressed with you inginuity. I love that you went with (what I can only imagine is) a classic German cookie.
Happy Valentine's Day to you and Kevin from someone who owns more than a dozen heart shaped cookie cutters, as well as the Cathedral of Cologne.
Colleen
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