Pages

▼

Monday, December 17, 2012

Christmas Spritz Cookies

These Christmas Spritz Cookies are definitely not on my new low-fat/low-cholesterol diet, but it just wouldn't be Christmas without them!  Thankfully the grandkids will be around to eat them, so I won't be tempted to eat the whole batch myself!

Christmas Spritz Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.  Stir in the egg yolk, almond and vanilla extracts.  Gradually blend in the flour and salt.  Fill a cookie press with dough and shoot cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart onto a cookie sheet.  If you like, sprinkle with colored sugar at this time.  Bake for 6-8 minutes at 350 degrees.


at

6 comments:

  1. TerryDecember 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    I haven't made spritz cookies in years! I might have to make a batch later this week.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gypsy QuilterDecember 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    Dolly and I will be right over for taste testing! Yummm. Will bring tea.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Needled MomDecember 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    Those are some of my favorite Christmas cookies. My kids used to love making them.

    ReplyDelete
  4. SewCalGalDecember 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM

    Thank you for the recipe. I love spritz cookies and even bought a cookie press to make them. But my recipe didn't work (didn't look great nor taste great). I'll definitely make these this week. Thanks.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  5. CherylDecember 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    These look really good, however I don't have a cookie press , will cutters work too?
    The kids would love them !

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kathy ... aka NanaDecember 20, 2012 at 8:23 AM

    Christmas isn't Christmas without Spritz cookies. I've baked cookies for Christmas for 30 years ... these days I bake with DD and now the Ts, too. We still bake Spritz cookies, even if I'm the only one who likes them. They're my favorite, and no one else really cares for them - which is good, as there are more for me. ha!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave a comment!

I will reply to all comments with a link or email address. If you are a Google+ user or do not have your email enabled in your Blogger account I can not reach you to reply.

If you have a question and would like to email me directly there is a link in the sidebar and another email link in my profile.