Linzer Torte (Sandy Kahn)

By saraneddie

Ingredients

• 2 sticks margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 cup raspberry preserves
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1.5 tsp cloves
• 1.4 tsp salt
• 1 cup ground nuts

Preparation

Step 1

cream margarine add sugar slowly. Add egg yolks one at a time. mix and sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Add to margarine , stir in nuts. Mix and chill. Pat 2/3 of the dough into a 9’ layer pan. Spread preserves. Roll our remaining dough and cut into ¾’ strips.

Bake in moderate oven 50-60 minutes or until edge of strips recede from sides of pan.

Remove from pan and cool and serve.