These easy vegan Linzer cookies (German Spitzbuben) are delicious homemade biscuits made with simple vegan shortcrust pastry and filled with jam! They sweeten not only any coffee or tea party but make also a lovely gift idea for Valentine’s Day or Christmas!
Easy Vegan Linzer Cookies (German Spitzbuben biscuits)
The way to the heart is well known through the stomach. That’s why, due to Valentine’s Day, I not only created a recipe for ‘vegan ravioli hearts‘, but also made some delicious and vegan biscuits with a red jam filling.
I thought, maybe someone else needs a quick “last minute” gift idea?! I think homemade cakes and biscuits are the best way to surprise our beloved ones. And to make it even more pretty, I made the filling in heart shape.
These biscuits are not only perfect for Valentine’s Day or Christmas but all year round. At any coffee and tea party, you can serve these beautiful biscuits – your guests will love them! Also, as a snack for in between or to grab and go, these vegan Linzer cookies are great!
How to store Spitzbuben cookies?
The biscuits can be stored in a closed cookie jar at room temperature for at least one week and even taste better the next day. I love having homemade treats on hand because they taste much better than store-bought ones! Store-bought cookies often contain non-vegan ingredients, such as eggs and butter, or even additives or just too much sugar. But these Linzer cookies are vegan, dairy-free, and egg-less!
I always prefer to bake cookies at home, then I know what they are made of!
More Vegan Cookie Recipes to try:
Looking for more simple cookie recipes for the holidays? Here are a few favorite recipes from my vegan Christmas bakery:
If you try these vegan linzer cookies, please leave me a comment and a rating on how you liked this recipe! And if you take a picture of your delicious Christmas cookies and share it on Instagram, please tag me @biancazapatka and use the hashtag #biancazapatka, because I love to see your photos! Happy baking! 🙂
Vegan Linzer Cookies (Spitzbuben Biscuits)
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Ingredients
- 300 g all-purpose flour or light spelt or wheat flour
- 50 g ground almonds I used blanched
- 80 g sugar
- a bit of ground bourbon vanilla
- a bit of lemon zest
- 175 g margarine or vegan butter cold
- 3 tbsp cold soy milk or other plant milk
- 100 g jam I used cherry-pomegranate
- icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, ground almonds, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest.
- Then mix in margarine or vegan butter and plant milk until a smooth dough forms.
- Form the dough into a ball shape, wrap in cling film and let set in the fridge for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Remove the ball from the fridge and roll it out to be approx. 3 mm thick with a rolling pin on a flour-dusting surface.
- Cut out or shape cookies as desired. I made round circles.
- Cut out half of the biscuits with a smaller heart cookie cutter in the middle.
- Place the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 8-10 minutes. Then allow to cool.
- Warm the jam in a saucepan to make it more liquid.
- Spread a bit of jam on each bottom piece with a pastry brush and place the top piece with a heart on top. Then fill the hearts with jam.
- Leave to cool until the jam has become firm again. Dust with icing sugar as desired and enjoy!
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Lovely vegan recipes that are easy to make.
Thank you! 🙂
Totally in love with this recipe. Thank You Bianca, following your recipes always works out perfectly 🙏🏼
Thank you so much, Angelika. ❤️
Sounds great! Do you have any idea what one could take instead of almonds? Looking forward to hear your ideas.
You can use any other nut instead. 🙂
How long will these last in and/or out of the fridge?
You can store the Linzer Cookies in an airtight container like a metal cookie tin or a glass jar at room temperature for up to one week.
Super leckere Plätzchen, die einfach zu backen sind und super aussehen! Große Empfehlung✨
Vielen Dank, liebe Saskia. Ich freu mich sehr. 🙂
Das breite lächeln bei denen die es probiert haben war das beste Ergebnis. Alle 150 Kekse sind weg (:
Das klingt super! 🙂
Freut mich echt sehr, dass alle begeistert waren!
Vielen lieben Dank für den Kommentar.
LG, Bianca <3
Tolles Rezept, einfach und lecker. 🤗
Das freut mich riesig! Besten Dank! 🙂
Ich wünsche dir eine schöne Weihnachtszeit.
Liebe Grüße,
Bianca <3
I love this recipe! It is easy to follow and the cookies are incredibly delicious. My friends and family certainly agree. I’m constantly asked to make more. 😊
So glad everyone loved this recipe! Thank you so much for your great feedback! 🙂
These look amazing, is it possible to use gluten free flour ? Would you use plain GF one ?
Yes! I recommend using this gluten-free baking flour 1 to 1.
These cookies are so easy to make, cute and taste SO GOOD !
They also are the perfect gift to offer …. if you have some left 😀
So glad you enjoyed these cookies! Thank you and Merry Christmas 🙂
Delicious!!!
I took half of the recipe and got 6, so perfect for 2 <3
So glad you liked it! Thank you 🙂
LOVE this recipe. A pleaser of any seeet lover. My favourite so far! Reminds me of cookies I used to bake in pre school. The lemon zest really takes it to the next level.
So happy that you like this simple vegan cookies recipe too 🙂 Thank you! <3
Could we use coconut oil instead of margarine/vegan butter?
Yes, however, this will slighty change the texture. Please make sure to chill the raw cookies well before baking or they will melt in the oven.
These look great. How many cookies does this recipe yield?
Thanks!
Hi ?,
So glad that you like the recipe.
The amount depends on the size you make them. So I can’t say it exactly.
Much love,
Bianca❤️
I love these cute heart cookies! They look and sound so yummy 😀
Thank you Nadia!
So glad that you like them ?❤️
OMG, these cookies are so delicious!!! I filled them with homemade jam made of raspberries and chia seeds and they turned out so good! Honestly … we couldn’t stop eating them! Now I have to make a new batch 😂🤷♀️ Definately everyone should try them, you are not going to be dissapointed, I guarantee 😉
Hi Kristina, awwww you’re so sweet! So glad you love these cookies, too! Thank you! I hope you enjoy your Christmas holidays! Merry Christmas and lots of love, Bianca <3