Nutty Marmalade Sandwiches Recipes

BACON AND MARMALADE SANDWICH ON PUMPERNICKEL BREAD

Steps:

• 5 slices applewood smoked bacon.
• 1 Tbs unsalted butter.
• 2tbs bitter orange marmalade.
• Freshly ground black pepper.
• Very important, the bacon should be cooked to the point that it is done, but still floppy. Crisp bacon does not work in this recipe.
• Toast the sturdiest pumpernickel bread that you can find.
• Butter both slices.
• Spread a thin layer of the strongest orange marmalade you can find on one side.
• Place bacon on top of marmalade.
• Grind black pepper on top.
• Close with other buttered pumpernickel slice.
• Cut on an diangle.
• Enjoy!

MARMALADE LINZER SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and baking powder in a bowl. Pulse pecans, confectioners' sugar, salt, nutmeg, and cardamom in a food processor until finely ground. With a mixer on medium speed, beat pecan mixture, butter, and granulated sugar until fluffy, about 6 minutes. Beat in vanilla and egg. Reduce speed to low and beat in flour mixture. Divide dough in half; shape into disks. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Let dough stand at room temperature until pliable. Working with one disk at a time, roll out dough between 2 pieces of lightly floured parchment to 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate 20 minutes. Cut out rounds with a 2-inch cutter. Cut out centers of half of rounds with 1-inch cutters in different shapes, rerolling scraps once.
• Arrange cookies 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets once, until pale golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, heat marmalade in a saucepan over medium heat until reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 10 minutes; let cool.
• Sift confectioners' sugar over rounds with cutout centers and shapes. Spread about 3/4 teaspoon jam on flat side of remaining rounds, then sandwich together. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 1 week.