Spitzbuben Recipe
Spitzbuben Recipe features two buttery, flaky short pastries sandwiched with a tangy homemade Cornelian yellow cherry jam. These crumbly, moist German Jam Cookies or Linzer Cookies are diabetic-friendly as they are made with whole wheat flour, date sugar, and finely ground cashew flour with a hint of lemon zest that makes them fragrant.
Equipment
- cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 4 oz butter unsalted
- 1 oz date sugar
- 4 oz whole wheat flour
- 1½ oz cashew flour
- 1 egg yolk +1 tbsp of egg white
- ¼ tsp lemon zest
- ¼ tsp salt
- cherry jam sugar-free
- confectioner's sugar optional
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients.
- Beat the butter with the date sugar until light and fluffy in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Then, add the lemon zest and egg yolk with a tablespoon of egg white and beat until combined.
- Remove the paddle attachment and combine the cashew flour into the butter mixture with a dough hook. Add the whole wheat flour sifted with salt until the mixture comes together to a crumbly dough-like consistency.
- Use your hand to knead the mixture into a ball and then flatten it to a disc. Wrap with cling film and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the disc from the refrigerator and divide it into two portions. Roll one half portion on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick oblong and cut out rounds with a cookie cutter. Roll the other half also to 1/8" and cut out rounds using the same cutter, except on these rounds cut small circles using a piping tip. These rounds will be used for the top of the sandwich cookie.
- Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 11-12 minutes.
- Cool the cookies for 15 minutes on the baking tray.
- Spread some of the sugar-free cherry jam on the round cookie without the cutouts. Place the cutout cookie on top to complete the assembly.
Notes
- Since these cookies are diabetic-friendly, I did not dredge them with confectioner's sugar. I used regular jam for the cookies that were meant for my kids and dredged only those with powdered sugar.
- Do not leave the entire dough out of the refrigerator. Instead, use half the dough at a time and roll them in a cool room or at a cooler time of day.
Nutrition
Calories: 51kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 49mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 38IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 0.4mg
