Christmas “Linzer Augen” | Recipe

Sandwich cookies filled with VIVANI's "Fine Dark Milk" chocolate and peanut butter

Text:
Katharina Kuhlmann

Photography:
© Marzia Balza

4 December 2025

Weihnachtliches Linzer Auge mit Schokoladenfüllung und Erdnüssen.

Our festive Linzer Augen cookies are the perfect choice for anyone who loves classic cookies but fancies a sophisticated, chocolatey and nutty twist. Instead of the jam, this traditional Austrian biscuit now features creamy peanut butter and melt-in-the-mouth VIVANI ‘Fine Dark Milk’ chocolate – a full-bodied organic chocolate with 50% cocoa, which gives the biscuits a caramel-like sweetness thanks to coconut blossom sugar.

Ingredients

For about 30 sandwich cookies

For the shortcrust pastry:

300 g

flour

100 g

icing sugar

40 g

VIVANI Fine Cocoa Powder

200 g

cold butter

egg yolk

For the filling and decoration:

80 g

VIVANI Fine Dark Milk 50 % Cocoa Chocolate

Peanut butter (as needed)

Chopped peanuts (unsalted)

Also:

Cookie cutter for "Linzer Augen"

making

working time
15 minutes

baking time
10–15 minutes

waiting / cooling time
30 minutes

level of difficulty
easy

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For the shortcrust pastry, place the flour, icing sugar and cocoa powder on the work surface. Cut the cold butter into pieces, add to the mixture and work in.

Add the egg yolk and knead everything into a smooth dough. Then shape into a ball, cover and leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 3 mm and cut out about 30 tops with holes and 30 bottoms without holes using a Linzer Augen cookie cutter.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 10 to 15 minutes and then leave to cool completely.

In the meantime, carefully melt the chocolate in a bain-marie.

Now spread each bottom part of the"Linzer Augen" first with a teaspoon of peanut butter and then with a teaspoon of melted chocolate. Then place the top parts with the holes on top and press down lightly.

Decorate the "Linzer Augen" with the rest of the melted chocolate, sprinkle with chopped peanuts and leave to set.

This is VIVANI

For 25 years, VIVANI has been developing high-quality organic chocolate from sustainably grown cocoa beans. The brand from Bochum (Germany) stands for ecological cocoa cultivation, transparent supply chains and responsibility along the entire value chain. VIVANI was awarded ‘The National German Sustainability Award’ for this commitment.

Production takes place at the traditional Weinrich chocolate factory in Herford, where each bar is created with a great deal of expertise and craftsmanship.

VIVANI's organic Fine Dark Milk Chocolate with 50 percent cocoa content and coconut blossom sugar

Fine Dark Milk
50% Cocoa

Panama Cocoa | with coconut blossom sugar

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Fine cocoa powder

Santo Domingo | fat-reduced cocoa powder | Biodynamic | vegan

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The Fine Cocoa Powder from VIVANI Organic Chocolate is fat-reduced, vegan and certified biodynamic.

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