Wow, I actually got these done. Luckily, I’m on the West Coast, so I saw this recipe by 2:30pm my time. This week’s recipe was chosen by Noskos of Living the Life. I haven’t made sables before, nor have I ever made anything linzer as I’m not prone to make anything with jam, but I figured I would make chocolate filling. Then I looked at the sidebar in the recipe and there it was! Great minds think alike, right?
I actually used finely ground unsalted cashews since that’s the only nut I had in our pantry. I halved the recipe and also added 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder with the flour/nut mixture.
Let me just tell you, the smell from these was AMAZING! The tiny bit of cloves (not a fan, normally) and cinnamon, with a hint of chocolate filled the kitchen, making it smell like the holidays. WONDERFUL!!
I made the ganache a little thin and left some of the chopped chocolate in tact so there’s a little surprise in some of the bites. 
These cookies are honestly some of the best I’ve tasted. I would highly recommend giving these a shot. They’re fairly quick (chill time notwithstanding) and easy and are absolutely wonderful!! Check out the recipe here! Thanks, Noskos for the great pick!
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Huh, cashews sound neat – not something I normally use in baking, but I bet they were tasty. The chocolate variation sounds wonderful!
oooOOOOooooooooo cashews.Sounds fabulous.
I like your riff on the cookies – the cashews, a touch of cocoa powder, chocoalate ganache — sounds fantastic!I love how you decked out your blog for the holidays!
They look delicious and I love that you put chocolate in them! Yum!
Pretty! Totally wishing I could taste one of these with cashews. YUM.
they look beautiful! the cashews sound great. btw your blog is so festive 🙂
I’m glad you like the recipe. Your chocolate linzer sables look perfect.
They’re beautiful and sound so yummy!! I’m so sad I didn’t get them made by today!
Yours look beautiful — I love the picture on the striped plate! You are so right — these totally smelled (and tasted) like the holidays!
First – your blog is so pretty! I love the holiday theme.Cashews are one of my favorite nuts – excellent choice!
Isn’t December fun! I love all the cookies. Yours look great and I love the chocolate in them. That sounds delicious. Great job!
yum! I want to try these with ganache too!
YUM. I love the cashew idea!
Thank you for the cake compliment! Your linzers look wonderful! And I love the flavor swapping you did!
Yum! I’ve never used cashews in baking – what a fabulous idea!
ooo.. chocolate ganache. YUMMY!
I used cashews in a cookie recipe (which I did blog over the summer) from Martha Stewart’s cookie cookbook. I loved that cookie! Glad you enjoyed them!
oooh cashews and chocolate–great thinking!! your cookies came out beautifully…and sounds like they tasted great too!
Cashews sound like a great idea! Brilliant! These look great.
They look so pretty, Jodie. I love the sound of the cashews in the cookie dough. I bet they were delicious like that with the chocolate.
Wow, yours look great and sound amazing. (Chocolate cashew cookies? Yes please!) I love the star cut-out…perfect for the holidays.And I saw your comment about the Cake or Death licensed plate. That’s not my car, but I wish it was! Now I totally need a customized license plate holder, and I need to find my secret twin driving that other car around. 🙂
What a wonderful flavor combination – the cashews and the chocolate. And they look great, too!
These look great! I love the addition of the chocolate!
Cashew nuts would be wonderful – a very happy accident. These look great.
The cashews sound like a nice variation! Glad you liked them!
They look gorgeous! I’ll bet they were wonderful with that chocolate ganache!