This is one of my all time favorite sweets. Spitzbuben (which translates to badboys) also known as a Linzer Square is an old Austrian Pastry. This is my Grandmothers recipe. She brought it over from Austria when she came to this country. Every time I have one I am immediately brought back to her kitchen and sitting there with her as she made them. The main reason why I am doing this recipe right now is that I just baked some for my sister Cheryl and am sending them out tomorrow morning. It is one thing she will eat whatever cancer treatment she goes through. They cannot be resisted no matter how hard your try.
Ingredients
3 cups flour
3 sticks of margarine or 1 1/2 cups of lard for baking
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups of your favorite jam or preserves(apricot and cherry are the most traditional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 10×15 jellyroll pan or cookie sheet. Sift flour, salt, and sugar together. Beat yolks and vanilla together. In a large bowl or bowl of an electric mixer blend the flour mix, margarine, and yolk mix into a smooth ball. Do not overmix you just want it to blend and come together. Chill dough for 20 minutes. Cut 1/4 of the dough off and return to fridge. Roll out remaining dough in large rectangle and place in pan. Spread dough to the edges and the spread the jam or preserves over the top. Take remaining dough and roll out into a sheet and cut long thin strips and lay over the pan in a lattice fashion. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a nice golden brown on top. Let cool and then cut into 2×2 squares. Dust with powdersugar and serve. I promise you will not be disappointed.
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