🇭🇺 Hungarian Linzer Cookies (Linzer Karika)

Here’s a traditional recipe for Hungarian Linzer Cookies (Linzer Karika) 🇭🇺 — delicate, buttery sandwich cookies filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar. They’re especially popular around Christmas but enjoyed year-round with coffee or tea.


🇭🇺 Hungarian Linzer Cookies (Linzer Karika)

🥣 Ingredients:

  • 2 ½ cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
  • ¾ cup (90 g) powdered sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • Zest of 1 lemon (optional, for aroma)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

For filling & topping:

  • ½ cup apricot jam (traditional) or raspberry jam
  • Powdered sugar for dusting

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