Recipe of Orange Marmalade Recipe With Pectin

Lemon-Marmalade Cookie Sandwiches

Freezing tends to reduce the pectin levels so it's a good idea to add the juice of one large lemon (lemon is also naturally very high in pectin) to each 500g/1lb 2oz of fruit if making marmalade from frozen oranges.

Recipe Summary Lemon-Marmalade Cookie Sandwiches

A little extra work, but worth the effort.

Ingredients | Orange Marmalade Recipe With Pectin

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup sifted confectioners' sugar

2 teaspoons lemon zest

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ cup toasted hazelnuts

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 tablespoons lemon marmalade

Directions

In a mixing bowl beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in lemon peel and vanilla.

In a food processor, finely grind flour, nuts, salt and cinnamon. Add to butter mixture and mix just until dough holds together.

Gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for about 1 hour or until firm.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter cookie sheet.

Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 3-inch round cookie cutter. Gather scraps into a ball and re-roll to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies, forming total of 12. Transfer cookies to the cookie sheet.

Using a 1-inch round cookie butter, cut out the center of 6 cookies and remove. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on rack for 5 minutes.

Leaving a 1/8-inch border, spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of marmalade evenly over each cookie without a hole. Sift additional powdered sugar over cookies with holes. Place cookies with holes sugar side up atop jam-covered cookies.

Info | Orange Marmalade Recipe With Pectin

Servings: 6 Yield: 6 cookies

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