Christmas Spritz Cookies

Crisp and buttery, these delectable Spritz cookies melt in your mouth. Christmas Spritz Cookies are adaptable to any occasion by using a different plate in your cookie press, or coloring the dough to match the holiday or celebration. Of course, Spritz are also a Christmas classic and look great decorated for the holidays.

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Christmas Spritz Cookies

Spritz are always a classic Christmas cookie. A cookie press lets you create beautiful cookies in a variety of holiday shapes. The melt-in-your mouth buttery cookie is light and crispy, a perfect little cookie for your holiday celebrations.

Servings

Dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp almond or vanilla extract
• 2-1/4 cups flour
• food color, optional

Servings Dozen Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp almond or vanilla extract 2-1/4 cups flour food color, optional

Instructions

1. Combine butter, sugar, egg, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in flour.
2. Place dough into separate bowls and tint with food color, if desired.
3. Fit cookie press with desired plate and fill with about one-fourth of the dough. Follow directions for your cookie press. Force dough into decorative shapes onto ungreased baking sheets.
4. Bake 6 to 8 minutes until cookies are lightly browned on the bottom and tops are set, but not browned.

Spritz Cookies are definitely delicious as well as easy to make. They only require a few simple ingredients, but you will need a good quality cookie press if you want to get well formed cookies. This is the cookie press I use, and I love it, but there are plenty of other options. Just choose a press that is easy to handle and that will give your finished cookies a clean look.