Linzer Torte Wheat Free No Refined Sugar Food

LINZER TORTE (WHEAT FREE, NO REFINED SUGAR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Combine flour, almonds, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat honey, butter and lemon peel in a large bowl with electric mixer. Beat in egg until well blended.
• Beat in flour mixture at low speed until well blended. Spoon 2/3 of dough onto bottom of 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Pat dough evenly over bottom and up side of pan. Spread jam over bottom of dough.
• Roll remaining 1/3 of dough on lightly floured surface into 10x6-inch rectangle. Cut into narrow strips and arrange in a lattice design over jam.
• Bake 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. Serve at room temperature.

LINZER TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat egg yolks.
• Whip egg whites to stiff peaks.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add beaten egg yolks, almonds and brandy and lemon rind and juice.
• Sift flour and baking powder together and add gradually to creamed mixture.
• Fold in stiffly-beaten egg whites.
• Roll out 2/3 of the dough and line a 9" springform pan, with the bottom thicker than sides.
• Fill with jam.
• Roll remaining dough, cut into strips and place into crisscrosses on top.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Before serving, fill any hollows with jam.

LINZER TORTE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and lemon peel. In another bowl, stir together the flour,nut flour, cinnamon and cloves. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. The dough will be stiff, so you may need to knead it by hand to get it to come together.
• 3. Roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness and cut into rounds using a cookie cutter. Place cookies onto a cookie sheet spaced 2 inches apart. Count your rounds and use a small cookie cutter to cut the center out of half of the cookies. This can be done while the other half of the cookies bakes. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm and lightly browned at the edges. Allow cookies to cool completely. Spread jam on the tops of the solid cookies and top with the cookies that have shapes cut out.

LINZER TORTE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Mix together flour, sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and butter in a bowl until crumbly.
• Press 2/3 of mixture into an ungreased 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Spread preserves over crust.
• Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over the top of preserves, patting mixture down lightly.
• Bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool completely before cutting into bars.

OLD FASHIONED LINZER TORTE

Steps:

• sift togeather flour,sugar,baking powder,salt,cinnamon.
• Cut in brown sugar and butter.
• Add egg and almonds.
• Blend with fork or pastry blender.
• Save 1/2 cup of dough,and chill.
• Press remaning dough into bottom and sides of 8in springform pan.
• (Do not cover rim of pan) Fill with cream filling,top with raspberry sauce.
• Sprinkle remaning dough over top.
• Bake (375) 30 to 35 minutes Cream filling beat egg until fluffy,about 2 monutes.
• Gradually add sugar,beat until thick and lemon colored.
• Blend in 1/4 cup of flour and 1/4 tsp salt.
• Gradually add scalded milk,return to top of double boiler,cook (stirring constantly) until thick.
• Cover and cook 4 to 5 minutes,stirring occsionally.
• Add vanilla,cool.
• Raspberry sauce combine raspberries 2 Tsp sugar,2 Tsp corn starch.
• Add lemon juice,bring to boil,cook 5 minutes,unti it starts to thicken.
• Cool.

LINZER TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Chop or crumble cold butter into flour.
• Add almonds.
• Mix sugar with the spices and egg yolks, add to flour mixture.
• Bring the dough together and knead until well blended.
• Place two-thirds of the dough into a 9 inch ungreased cake pan.
• with a removable bottom.
• Spread dough over the bottom and about 1 inch up the sides.
• Chill pan for an hour.
• Roll out remaining dough on lightly floured surface into a.
• rectangle 10x 5 inches and chill for 1 hour.
• Spread jam over bottom of pan.
• Cut 1/2 inch wide strips of the rolled out dough.
• Lift with a spatula and arrange lattice style over the jam.
• Fasten the ends around the rim of pan by pressing lightly.
• Brush with egg white and bake on the lower shelf of the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Set pan on a rack and partly cool before removing the rim of the pan.