Decorate Spritzgebäck Christmas cookies with colored sugars, dip in melted chocolate or tint the dough before pressing for tempting and pretty additions to your holiday cookie tray.
About Spritzgebäck
Spritzgebäck Christmas Biscuits
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter, softened
1-1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Colored sugar and sprinkles, as desired to decorate
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375°
In a large bowl, cream butter, confectioners’ sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture.
Using a cookie press fitted with a disk of your choice, press dough 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle on colored sugars, if using.
Bake 6-8 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Yield: about 7-1/2 dozen.
RECIPE NOTE: I have a Pampered Chef Cookie Press and the cookies are larger than other presses make so I got closer to 5 dozen. I baked my cookies 12-14 minutes just until beginning to lightly brown.
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What beautiful little cookies. I have never made them myself but know many who do and have eaten them on many occasions…one of my absolute favorite Christmas cookie! Thanks for sharing your with us 🙂
My you have a beautiful blog! I am glad Blueberry Cottage referenced you on her facebook. I printed off your cookie recipe and pulled out my cookie press, brushed off the dust from the box, and will be making these for Christmas! Andrea
they look delicious, thanks for sharing, I have a cookie press so I shall have to give your recipe a try 🙂
Such pretty, happy little cookies:@)
This brings a favorite memory of making cookies with my mom. She used a cookie press and I still have either hers or a similar one–the old copper colored metal one. I'm sure the pampered chef one is more user-friendly.
I have an ancient cookie press that used to be my mothers. I pull it out every year to make spritz cookies. I'll have to give your recipe a try
Sound wonderful i have a cookie press thing sitting in a plastic bag o gosh i bought several years ago thrifting but never used it and i was just saying should i pas it on, guess ot lol going to make these thank you for sharing the recipe. With love Janice
I also have the PC press. This is a keeper!