Every year the twin sister pesters me to make linzers around Christmas. I think she now expects them around Valentine's Day, too! I've done linzers a couple times on this blog before, but when I saw these beautiful
Chocolate and Vanilla Linzer Hearts on Butteryum I had to make them. I can just hear the sister complaining about changing up her favorite recipe, but I think she should count herself lucky that she gets any cookies. I mean, how many people send you linzers without fail every year?
I used
my usual King Arthur Flour recipe with the hazelnut dough, but adapted Butteryum's idea to make half of the dough chocolate. Guittard cocoa powder gives it an intense, chocolatey hit that mortal cocoa powders might not. The chocolate cookie is further contrasted with the hazelnut layer by a shower of snowy confectioners sugar. And the little cutout chocolate hearts are pretty darn cute. I think the sister will enjoy these anyway.
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