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Spritz (cookie press)

Delicate traditional Christmas cookies.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shortening that's right, 2 cups
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons almond extract
  • 4 cups flour
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  1. Cream together shortening, sugar, egg, and almond extract.
  2. Stir in flour and salt.
  3. Chill overnight (or at least a few hours), then use a cookie press to make shapes.
  4. Sprinkle colored sugar on each cookie.
  5. Bake at 375° on an ungreased cookie sheet 8 – 12 minutes until barely golden.

Recipe Notes

You'll have to experiment with how well-chilled the dough is vs. how well your cookie press can handle it. If you know of a cookie press that can handle stiff dough without stripping out, please let me know. I've looked for years and have had no luck. Thus, any cookie press I buy tends to be disposable.