Vegan Linzer Cookies with Strawberry Jam

Vegan Linzer Cookies

I know I share these every year but they are truly deserved to be shared every holiday season. Comment below if you made them. Happy Christmas baking! Save this recipe and share it!

Ingredients

1 cup non-dairy butter softened
⅔ cup maple syrup
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry jam
4 tsp of powdered sugar for dusting

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
3. Place butter in a large mixing bowl and whip it with a mixer until it’s creamy. Add the maple syrup, salt, and vanilla and mix until all combined. Add the flour and work the dough with your hands until you can shape a ball with your dough. If your dough is sticky, add more flour.
4. Divide dough and shape into 2 balls, then flatten each into a disk. I roll the dough between two parchment papers. Roll into 1/4 inch thickness.
5. Cut out the cookies using a cookie cutter, cutting half of them with the plain cutter, and half with the small star or heart shaped cutter. Carefully transfer to a prepared cookie sheets, spacing them ½” apart. Gather up any dough scraps and repeat the process until you run out of dough.
6. Bake in a pre-heated oven for approximately 15 minutes, until the edges begin to become a little golden. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before spreading the jam.
7. Take the regular shaped cookie which will be the bottom and place a 1/2 tsp jam on it. Cover it with cut out cookie like a sandwich. Repeat the process until you are done with all the cookies.
8. Dust with the powdered sugar until they look pretty.