Dorie’s Linzer Sablés
I know what I said yesterday about “premature Christmas cookies,” but then it started snowing. Not a Real Snow. No accumulation. But a steady flurry. And when the flurries start, you can’t fight the fa-la-la. So, thanks to Tuesdays with Dorie and an unexpected flurry, we have Christmas cookies: Dorie’s Linzer Sablés.
What’s a Linzer Sablé? French sablés are buttery and sandy. Austrian linzers are nutty sandwich cookies with a layer of jam in the middle, usually visible via the top cookie’s naughty peekaboo design. So, Dorie’s Linzer Sablés are sandy, buttery, nutty, slightly vulgar sandwich cookies.
I didn’t have the traditional scalloped cookie-cutter, the one that makes linzer cookies look like little flowers, so I improvised with my snowman. Instead of jam, I used ganache to seal the cookies and pipe the hats. Yes, we are bringing the fa-la-la-la-la. For the recipe, visit noskos of Living the Life.
Oh. My. Goodness. Those are adorable and delicious all at the same time! I love those cookies.
I love the snowmen! Too cute!
The snowmen are way cuter than scalloped cutout cookies, and more fitting for celebrating the first snow. I might use snowmen next time myself, even though it’s been a few years since we’ve seen a flake in these parts.
these are fantastic.. i was really uninspired to make cookies as shown in the cookbook (too many dry icky ones in the past) but your’s look fabulous.. i could gobble them up here!
How adorable!
I love your fa-la-la!
Adorable! they look so stylish with their little hats.
They are adorable! I love the ganache hats.
Those are the most adorable cookies! Wish I had tried the chocolate combination – that looks really good.
So very cute!!!
I love the snowmen! I was going to do it, too, but since I only made half of the recipe, I would’ve only gotten like 3! :)
Aahhh! Did we read each other’s minds? Or do neither of us have cookie cutters besides snowmen? I love that you piped hats onto yours – I just did buttons. Too adorable.
Scalloped cutter or not, your cookies are super cute! Beautiful snowmen Rebecca! And the picture is soooooo clear, it seems I could just steal one, right from my screen!
Oh I LOVE the snowmen! And the ganache looks delicious!
These are definitely some of the most awesome linzer cookies I’ve seen!
they are so adorable! great idea to use the snowmen. there is now an accumulation of powdered sugar ;)
These are darling! What a creative idea!
Love the snowmen!! They look lovely!
Creative and cute. Love them!
I love the snowmen linzer sables. The peek-a-boo chocolate buttons are great.
My favorite so far, very cute!
Those are so cute!
Those are just way too cute. I like them better, sables make me think delicate, and these definitely don’t look delicate.
Your snowmen look great! Very festive. =) I did ganache filling for mine, too, but wasn’t as creative as you.
These look beautiful! You did a wonderful job with these!
Dude, those are so awesome.
Yum, yum! Ya almost hate to eat the little guys–notice I said ALMOST!
Oh those look so cute!
~Cat
way too cute! and how come i bet the ganache was amazing with the cookies?!?
Okay…you win (even with the chocolate on them!). These are very very cute. What a creative lass you are on a weekly basis…so wanna be you when I grow up.
Too.freaking.cute. I’d say your cookie cutter adaption is a hit. Definitely put me in the holiday mood :) btw Congrats on your NaBloPoMo! We did it! I don’t know about you but my blog brain is fried. HAHA
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
So cute! I love them!
Congrats on finishing NaBloPoMo! Hooray us!
your cookies are very cool! I love the snowman shape
Those are the cutest cookies ever!! I’m cracking up at your Twitter Feed…I’m so in yoga pants right now….I’m scared of the bed sheet!
Cuuuuute! I need to find this cookie cutter.
Snowmen with hats! Holiday cheer is popping up all over TWD.
I’m a snowman fanatic. Of course, my children’s last name is Snow…and they are boys…so I always called them my little snowmen and I always collected them. So of course, I LOVE your cookie cutouts!
The snowman look great – you even made a little chocolate hat!
Snowmen and chocolate — an unbeatable combination, I’d say. I multi-task so much that my ingredients are definitely room temperature by the time I bake.
Could anything be more cute?! These are soooooooo adorable. As always, what a fantastic job!
So adorable and tasty looking— you’ve definitely put me in that holiday mood!
Hats! I love them, they are so cute!
The snowmen are fabulous! Great job they look super tasty.
Those are perfect cookies! I love the hats on the snowmen and the buttons, great job!
OMG! I am J.E.A.L.O.U.S! These look SOO cute! Love love the snowmen!
Too cute!!! Definitely in the holiday spirit. Great job! I can’t wait to try the hazelnut/chocolate combination. I’m going to wait until January though. ;)
These have to be some of the cutest cookies I’ve ever seen. For real. Now I’m wishing it would snow here so I can have my own excuse to eat dough and cookies until I can’t walk.
I like the naughty snowmen! I’m making these with chocolate next
Aww these cookies are so cute. I didn’t even think to cut them out with something other than a circle. And I am super envious of the snow…that will get anyone in the holiday spirit. I am sitting here in Texas and it is a high of 78 today…ridiculous (I was raised in Georgia and this is just not how winter is supposed to be like). Anyways…great job on the cookies :)
Good Gad, I really, really wish I had any cooking ability whatsoever. I’m going to kick myself for admitting this, but I basically live off of scrambled eggs (its doing wonders for my heath :D)
Those snowmen are adorable, by the way. You are incredibly creative.
Those are so cute! You could sell those in some frou-frou bakery for $$$!! You are so right about these – excellent for dunking!!
Oh wow – too cute! I HAVE to make these at my holiday cookie baking party! :)
delightful! i love the snowmen with the chocolate trim. it snowed all day here in wisconsin, so it seems holiday-ey.
oh…. look so adorable… should be delicious too, can u deliver some to me perhaps…. Penang, Malaysia?
just kidding… but it make me drool
I just love those cute Snowman cookies! Now I must go out and get some Christmassy cookie cutters.
Very cute! I’m a sucker for cute xmas cookies!
What a great idea to use make snowmen! Your cookies look amazing.
Your snowmen are ADORABLE!