Mock Linzer Hearts

I present you with the nut-free Linzer Cookie.  These cookies do not have the crunch traditionally associated with Linzer cookies (I will have to continue working on that), but they are an aromatic, lightly spiced, jam filled, cakey cookie in the iconic Linzer shape.  I have adapted the recipe from Maida Heatter’s recipe for Swedish…

Snowflake Cookies

Jazzed up Sugar Cookies – a lemon zest and cognac spiked dough topped in a cream cheese icing. Snowflake Cookies Recipe makes about twenty-four 1 1/2″ cookies. Cream together: 2 sticks (1 cup) salted Butter (room temp) 1 cup Sugar Add: 1 Egg the zest of 1 Lemon 1 tsp Vanilla Extract 1 tbsp Cognac…