My mom used to get these cookies from small local bakeries in new york city. They're shell shaped cookies with a red filling and covered in powdered sugar. I'm pretty sure they're not linzer cookies.
2007-03-18 12:38:45 · 2 answers · asked by themadhatter938 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Linzers are basically 2 cookies in a layer... the top one has a little cut-out section to reveal the raspberry filing underneath. They are crispy, not chewy. Usually circles or hearts in shape, though could be any shape, really.
Pic of Linzers: http://joyofbaking.com/images/large/linzercookies.jpg
If they were more cake-like, maybe they were Madelines, an eggy cookie w/ cake-like texture, that could have had a bit of red fruit jam put in before baking. Madelines are traditionally shell shaped.
Pic of a bitten madeline: http://static.flickr.com/116/303123332_a429ffa587.jpg
2007-03-18 12:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they are called madeleines
2007-03-18 12:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by I Like It 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋