Rosemary Linzer Cookies with Blueberry Jam

If you haven’t put fresh herbs in a cookie before, now is the time. These rosemary cookies are sandwiched around sweet blueberry jam that are hard to deny.

If you think fresh herbs have no place in desserts, stick around, try them anyway, and be proven wrong! I’ve put herbs in so many desserts and every skeptical look was quickly dissipated upon the first bite. These cookies were no exception, except that there was much less skepticism than I anticipated, followed by even more praise.

I served them at our Friday neighborhood happy hour which we hosted last week and when I announced what they were there was no hesitation before people started to dig in. What was left (since it makes a ton) Bob brought to work and when I asked what people thought of them he responded with “they didn’t stand a chance”.

I originally intended to make my own blueberry jam as well, but after finding a jar in my pantry I decided to take the easy way out. Can you blame me? But in case this recipe doesn’t have enough blueberries in it for you, check out the scads of other recipes shared today for Blueberry Week listed below!

Thank you to Ellen from Family Around the Table and Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures for hosting #BlueberryWeek. More than 20 top notch bloggers are sharing a variety of blueberry recipes from breakfast to dessert. Follow #BlueberryWeek on social media so you don’t miss one delicious recipe.

Blueberry Week Recipes

Breakfast

• Blueberry Cheesecake Crescent Coffee Braid by Palatable Pastime
• Blueberry Orange Bread by Family Around the Table
• Fluffy Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes by Food Above Gold
• Glazed Blueberry Banana Coconut Bread by Jolene’s Recipe Journal

Drinks & Appetizers

• Blueberry Peach Lemonade by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Blueberry Lime Margaritas by The Baking Fairy

Dinner

• Bare Knuckle Bourbon Blueberry Barbecue Sauce by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Summer Salad with Greens, Microflowers, and Berries by Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Dessert

• Blueberry Galette by Caroline’s Cooking
• Blueberry Goat Cheese Ice Cream Bars by Crumb Top Baking
• Blueberry Crumb Bars by Sweet Beginnings
• Peachy Blueberry Hand Pies by The Freshman Cook
• Rosemary Linzer Cookies with Blueberry Preserves by The Spiffy Cookie

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ROSEMARY LINZER COOKIES WITH BLUEBERRY JAM

Makes approximately 4 dozen filled cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup powdered sugar, plus more for dusting

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup almond flour

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp fresh chopped rosemary (or 1 tsp dried)

1 egg

12 oz. jar blueberry jam

Directions:

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or large bowl with a hand mixer), beat together the butter, sugars, baking powder, salt, and vanilla. Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Mix in the flours and rosemary until just incorporated.
2. Divide the dough in half, wrap, and refrigerate for 60 minutes, for easiest rolling. Towards the end of the chilling time, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
3. Roll the dough 1/8″ thick. Cut the dough into shapes with large linzer cutters. Use small cutters to cut a design out of the center of half the cookies. Place the cookies 1-inch apart on the prepared baking sheet. Reroll scraps and cut out more shapes.
4. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until lightly browned on the edges. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then remove them to wire racks to cool completely.
5. Spread the solid cookies with 3/4 teaspoon of preserves. Place a cutout cookie on top of each filled cookie. Lightly dust the cookies with powdered sugar.

Source: Adapted from my Linzer Cookies.