Christmas Spritz Cookies
photo by TeacherLaLa
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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60
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- green food coloring (optional)
- red glazed cherries (optional)
- green glazed cherries (optional)
- decorative candies (optional)
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Icing
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk (plus additional, if needed)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon almond extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Place flour and salt in medium bowl; stir to combine.
- Beat powdered sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg, almond extract and vanilla.
- Gradually add flour mixture--mix until well blended.
- Divide dough in half.
- If desired, tint half of dough with green food coloring.
- Fit cookie press with desired plate (or change plates for different shapes after first batch).
- Fill press with dough; press dough 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Decorate cookies with cherries and assorted candies, if desired.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until just set.
- Remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
- Prepare Icing, if desired.
- Pipe or drizzle on cooled cookies.
- Decorate with cherries and assorted candies, if desired.
- Store tightly covered at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.
- --Icing--.
- Place all ingredients in medium bowl; stir until thick, but spreadable. (If icing is too thick, stir in 1 teaspoon additional milk).
Questions & Replies
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I want to attempt this recipe, but I do not have a cookie press. How can I go about this? Cookie cutter and rolling pin? Or hand rounded balls, flattened?
Reviews
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Perfect-- It was August and the batter was very soft, so I used a tiny cookie scoop instead of the spritz press. Fast, easy, looks like they came from the bakery--2 tsp vanilla for me, no almond, no icing. -
I made these cookies and they were great. They came together easy and smelled just like my memories of buttery-almond spritz cookies. I did add food coloring to half the dough and the kids loved the pretty pink they made. However I did need to decrease the temprature to 350 and baked them for only 5-7 minutes- depending on the shape that I used. The taste is richer and the texture is much more tender when the cookies are removed when just set. Thanks so much for sharing it really is a great recipe. -
I tried this recipe because it uses powdered sugar (I have a ton!) and it's supposed to work well for pressing. I've had problems in the past getting a good dough for my press. I was really impressed (no pun intended) that it worked so well and without refrigeration! Thanks for the recipe--it's a keeper! -
I never did get these to press out of my Cookie Press. I use an old fashioned hand press (screw type). I even tried refrigerating the dough... nothing helped. I wound up rolling into small balls and pressing them with the bottom of a glass that had been dipped in sugar. I topped them with some red and green sugar and baked for the same amount of time called for in the recipe. The cookies tasted great, but I was disappointed that I couldn't make spritz cookies! :-( -
Excellent spritz cookies. Like your first reviewer said, I've also found the hard bite of most recipes for spritz cookies unpleasent. This one is tender, buttery and just right.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
RecipeNut
Smithfield, Rhode Island
