Quick Mix Spritz Cookies
"Another favorite recipe from the booklet supplied with the Mirro brand Cookie & Pastry Press. There is no refrigeration required. I searched Zaar for the spritz cookie recipes I use from this book, to share with a fellow chef, but they weren't posted yet. *For tips on obtaining the best results possible with your cookie press, check out my photo demo in the Kitchen Gadgets & Appliances forum; click the link on my profile page or copy and paste this address: http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=330463. I do not believe the forums are accessible anymore, so check out my original post on my personal blog here: http://tinkstreats.blogspot.com/2010/03/mirro-cookie-pastry-press.html#links"
photo by Tea Jenny
- Ready In:
- 22mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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5-6 dozen cookies
ingredients
directions
- Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together in a bowl.
- With a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles pie crust or biscuit mix (very fine lumps).
- Crack an egg into a glass, liquid measuring cup. A large egg will measure 1/4 cup. If it doesn't, add water to reach the 1/4 cup line.
- Add the egg, water (if needed) and the vanilla to the flour mixture and beat the mixture well.
- Fill cookie press and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets (aluminum preferred for best heat distribution).
- Bake at 375°F for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are just set or very slightly browned. Check cookies at the 10 minute mark and bake 1-2 minutes longer, if needed.
- Remove immediately to cooling racks.
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Reviews
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These cookies were a delight to have with a nice cup of tea, but Oh my!!! what a mess I got in making them, even the dog was laughing at me. But hay ho, I got there in the end. I bought a cookie press about a year ago and not used it, but I will not give in. I WILL make prettier ones. Tink you make them so pretty. but they are a very nice cookie and I WILL!!! make them again, I think by Christmas I should of mastered it. LOL. Made for ZWT#6 2010. -
Perfect, simple recipe! I just got a Mirro "Cooky" press from an antique store, and I couldn't wait to try it out. It came with a torn box, and no instruction / recipe insert - so I was excited to see this recipe posted! I just finished up a batch, and they turned out great! I used butter flavored crisco instead of real butter - only because I was halfway through making the dough and realized I was out of butter. I don't know how differently these would have turned out using butter, but I think they turned out perfectly with the butter flavored crisco. The dough combined easily, was easy to handle, and extruded through the cookie press with ease. I refrigerated my cookie sheets before pressing cookies out, just to help them stick and hold their shape. The cookies are delicious - light, crispy, and delicate. The pressed cookies held their shape very well. I'm looking forward to adding color and decorative sugars to these for holidays and special occasions. -
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I have a recipe that has to be at least 60 years old and it is quite different in that the quantity of each ingredient is very different. 2 cups butter, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 6 egg yolks, 1 1/2 tsp almond extract, 4 cups sifted flour. Any comments? I assume the recipe came with my little aluminum Mirro cookie press. Any comments welcome. -
This is the recipe I remember as a kid. I also remember the Mirro cookie press. Manual. UGH. But the cookies were great!! It was a boom when the Super Shooter came around back in the late 70's or early 80's. This makes recipe makes THE BEST spritz cookies!!! Enjoy!
Tweaks
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Substituted butter flavored crisco in place of butter.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tinkerbell
Boise, 51
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