If you grew up in Minnesota than you know what a spritz cookie is. They are at every holiday get-together. I’ve always been a fan. I mean they are full of butter and many of them have sprinkles. Enough said. If you haven’t made these or even tried them I urge you to do so. You do need a cookie press (cookie gun) but otherwise they are supper easy. The trick is to have an ungreased or unlined cookie sheet. When you press the cookie onto the baking sheet it needs something to stick to or it becomes a blob. Everyone has there favorite shapes too. My only regret is I din’t have enough sprinkles to add.
Spritz Cookies from Bob’s Red Mill United States of Cookies
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt until creamy.
- With the mixer on low, or with a wooden spoon, slowly beat in flour until just combined.
- Place dough in cookie press fitted with desired template. Pipe dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with desired sprinkles, candies, etc.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until edges of cookies just start to turn light golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
