Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Spritz Butter Cookies (Half Recipe version)

Chantelle made some tasty butter spritz cookies @ our cookie exchange one year, they were great! I decided I wanted to make some, but I don't have one of the cookie press tools that make them turn out so pretty. I pressed the dough with a fork & made a criss cross design like you do on a peanut butter cookie. I also sprinkled them with sugar. They weren't quite as cute as they would've been with a press, but they tasted really good! I also didn't want to make a large quantity so below is the recipe that makes a half batch of this cookie.

Ingredients:
1-1/4 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 C butter, softened
1/2 C (+2 TBS) powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sift flour & salt, together and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter & sugar. Stir in the egg yolk, almond & vanilla extracts. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients. Fill a cookie press with the dough & press cookies onto a cookie sheet (or just do the criss cross fork press instead). If you like, decorate with sugar or sprinkles.
3. Bake for approximately 8 minutes

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