Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 pm | Posted in BWD, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 1 CommentTags: baking, holiday, pie
I’m glad that Diane pointed out that this Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart is a lot like the yummy Thanksgiving Bars we made years ago. A cranberry-raspberry filling inside a chocolate-nut crust sounded familiar to me, but if left to my own brain-dredging I never would have remembered exactly why. Chocolate and fruit combos can be iffy for me, so I was also happy for the spoiler alert that I’d like it.
This tart has a cookie-like crust that’s made with almonds, cocoa and chopped chocolate bits. The fruit filling is an easy cranberry sauce mixed with store-bought raspberry jam. I opted to add the fresh raspberries in as well, but I kind of tore them up so they’d lie in a flat layer under the top crust. Dorie intends for this tart to baked in a cake pan like a jam sandwich, with the fruity filling peeking out between two flat layers of Linzer crust. Sounded a bit messy, and I worried about leaky, caramelized jam fusing the tart to the cake pan, so I decided to make this one as a traditional (enclosed) tart in a fluted tart pan instead.
This is such a good winter holiday dessert. A cool twist on a classic, it’s not too sweet, great with coffee (probably also with dessert wine), and lasts nicely for a few days in the fridge. This recipe is in Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll over on Tuesdays with Dorie!
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Looks delicious! I wondered why the flavors seemed so familiar. It’s a perfect holiday treat.
Comment by Judy— December 23, 2025 #