Christmas Spritz Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, room temperature)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 eggs, with the yolks and whites separated
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- decorative sugars of your choice
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Using an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugar until creamy.
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Add the egg yolks, vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and mix a minute or so.
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Add the flour gradually, and mix until well-incorporated. (Scrape the sides of the bowl, if needed).
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Fill the cookie press with the dough, and form the cookies according to your particular cookie press instructions. I use a nonstick baking sheet without any parchment or silicone pads.
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Use a pastry brush to brush the egg whites over the formed dough.
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Sprinkle the dough with decorative sugar and/or sprinkles of your choice.
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Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven at 350.
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Remove the cookies from the oven, and allow to cool for about 5 minutes
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Use a turner/ flipper to carefully remove the cookies from the baking sheet, and continue cooling completely on a wire rack before storing in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator.