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Chocolate Linzer Hearts

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 14, 2022
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Linzer cookies always are delicious, but these Chocolate Linzer Hearts are extra special. The perfectly yummy, shareable Valentine's Day dessert for any festive gathering, our incredibly delicious linzer heart cookies feature flavors of hazelnut, cinnamon, nutmeg, raspberry and decadent chocolate. Serve them up for guests, or make them for your secret admirer—either way, these a-dough-rable cookies are sure to please!

Chocolate Linzer Hearts

  • Prep Time 50 min
  • Total 2 hr 30 min
  • Servings 36
  • Ingredients 11
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup hazelnuts, toasted, skinned and ground
  • 1/2 ounce semisweet baking chocolate, finely chopped
  • 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup raspberry jam
  • 1 ounce semisweet baking chocolate, melted
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, or mix with spoon. Beat in vanilla and eggs until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except jam and melted chocolate. Beat until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour (dough will be sticky).
  • Step 
    2
    Heat oven to 375°F. Roll one-fourth of dough at a time between pieces of waxed paper until 1/8 inch thick. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut with 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Cut small heart shape from center of half of the 2-inch hearts if desired. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Spread about 1/2 teaspoon raspberry jam on bottom of whole heart cookies; top with cutout heart cookie. Drizzle with melted chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Nutrition

120 Calories
7 g Total Fat
2 g Protein
13 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
65
Total Fat
7 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Cholesterol
25 mg
Sodium
40 mg
Potassium
35 mg
Total Carbohydrate
13 g
Dietary Fiber
1 g
Protein
2 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
1%
1%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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