If you love shortbread, you'll swoon for these linzer cookies. Two buttery cookies sandwich jam, and a sprinkling of powdered sugar sweetens each bite.

Seated around the Kurczewski holiday cookie table are, clockwise, from left, John Meyers, Brenda Kurczewski’s father; Brenda Kurczewski; Matthew Kurczewski, son of Brenda and Lothar Kurczewski; Lothar ...

Cheryl Margolin of Lake Elsinore was one of the 10 winners of last year’s Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with her chocolate raspberry linzer cookies: “I started making these six or seven ...

Discover irresistible cookie recipes you’ll want to bake all year long — from classic Linzer and lemon thumbprints.

For Christmas, Russ Dingeldein of the Camp Hill Bakery in Hampden Twp. said he prefers a classic linzer cookie. We asked local bakers to share their favorite Christmas cookie recipes. The hazelnut ...

Linzer cookies are descendants of the linzertorte, named with the Austrian city of Linz. Swapping graham flour and hazelnut meal for the all-purpose flour and almond meal gives these linzer-inspired ...

The 'Bake Smart' cookbook author uses ground walnuts and buckwheat flour for this twist on a classic Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the weekly recipes ...

Note: These cookies are also terrific plain or sandwiched with raspberry or other jam. If you don’t have 2 1/2- and 1-inch round cookie cutters, use different shapes or, instead of the smaller cutter, ...

Two years ago, the winning recipe of our Berks Country magazine cookie baking contest was a traditional Linzer cookie. I have fond memories of being invited to help judge the cookies. The Linzer ...

Shaw says that Phthalo green (or, as you might know it, Home Alone green) is especially popular this holiday season. This ...