Lower Sugar Linzer Cookie

Directions

1. 1
   Cream the butter, Stevia In The Raw and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. 2
   Add the eggs in one at a time.
3. 3
   Add in the flour, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
4. 4
   Mix well.
5. 5
   Add in the ground almonds. Divide batter in half and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 350F.
6. 6
   Roll out one ball between two sheets of wax paper or parchment paper.
7. 7
   Roll to approximately 1/8" thickness.
8. 8
   Cut a dozen 2.5 inch round cookies and place them on a cookie tray.
9. 9
   Place the cookie tray into the oven for 15 minutes.
10. 10
    Cut another dozen with 2.5 inch cutter and them remove a 1.5 inch center circle. (I used a mini heart and a mini snowflake cutter as well.)
11. 11
    Bake the super cold cookies for 10-12 minutes.
12. 12
    Remove to a wire wrack to cool.
13. 13
    Spread some jam on the full cookie base.
14. 14
    Sprinkle the cutout cookies with some confectioners sugar then place them over the jam.