Linzer Torte

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 1/2 cups ground almonds, blanched
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup raspberry jam
• 1/2 egg , slightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 f
• 2 chop or crumble cold butter into flour.
• 3 add almonds
• 4 mix sugar with the spices and egg yolks, add to flour mixture.
• 5 bring the dough together and knead until well blended.
• 6 place two-thirds of the dough into a 9 inch ungreased cake pan
• 7 with a removable bottom.
• 8 spread dough over the bottom and about 1 inch up the sides.
• 9 chill pan for an hour.
• 10 roll out remaining dough on lightly floured surface into a
• 11 rectangle 10x 5 inches and chill for 1 hour.
• 12 spread jam over bottom of pan.
• 13 cut 1/2 inch wide strips of the rolled out dough.
• 14 lift with a spatula and arrange lattice style over the jam.
• 15 fasten the ends around the rim of pan by pressing lightly.
• 16 brush with egg and bake on the lower shelf of the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 17 set pan on a rack and partly cool before removing the rim of the pan.