Friday, February 5, 2016

BROWNIES AND COOKIES: LINZER HEARTS (click here to print)


Low-Carb Linzer Hearts (Egg-Free)
2 cups = 480 ml almond flour
1/2 cup = 120 ml (+ some for dusting) confectioners style swerve (or other powdered sweetener)---you can also make your own by putting Stevia or Splenda in a blender and pulse until it is a powder
grated yellow zest from 1 organic lemon
2.5 oz = 70 g cream cheese
 sugar-free raspberry jam

Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 250 °F or slightly lower (100 °C).
  2. Put the almond flour in a large bowl. Sift in the sweetener and mix well.
  3. Add the lemon zest and the cream cheese. Mix and knead until smooth.
  4. Divide the dough in 2–3 pieces. Take one piece at a time for handling. Keep the rest of the dough covered.
  5. Place a piece of dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place another parchment paper on the dough.
  6. Roll out the dough until it is approximately 1/6 inch (0.4 cm) thick and remove the topmost parchment paper. Using a round (fluted) cookie cutter, cut out the cookies.
  7. Transfer the cookies with a spatula or cheese slicer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  8. Using a smaller cookie cutter (heart, round, star, etc.), cut out the centers of half of the cookies on the baking sheet. Repeat rolling and cutting with the other piece(s) of the dough. Combine the scraps, reroll and cut. Repeat this until there is no dough left.
  9. Bake for 30–40 minutes, or until golden brown but not too brown. Let the cookies cool completely on a cooling rack.
  10. Assembling: Place the top cookies (those with the center removed) on a baking sheet and dust them with the sweetener.
  11. Spread a thin layer of raspberry jam on the bottom cookies (the whole cookies).
  12. Place the dusted top cookies on top and very gently press the tops and bottoms together.
  13. Store the assembled cookies in an airtight container.


Nutrition informationProteinFatNet carbskcal
In total:48.2 g116.8 g77.2 g1561 kcal
Per cookie if 20 cookies in total:2.4 g5.8 g3.9 g78 kcal



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