These vanilla spritz cookies are the classic pressed cookies. They’re sweet, buttery, and hold their shapes well. Make them in dozens of pretty shapes. Sprinkle them with decorations. Have a ball with your kids and grandkids.
What Are Spritz Cookies?
Two of the most common ways to make formed cookies are with a cookie cutter or a cookie press. Holiday cookies are more commonly rolled-out sugar cookie dough, cut into shapes, and decorated. The sadly less common option is using a cookie press to make these delicious spritz cookies.
Most spritz cookie recipes are a bit different than your typical holiday cookie because it needs to be crisp enough to hold up the shape. And you just can’t have a good spritz cookie without the buttery and sweet flavors.
To make the spritz cookies, you simply make the dough, load it into a cookie press, and press the cookies onto the pan. They always turn out beautiful, but they’re also super easy. Consider Spritz cookies as your new go-to holiday cookie.
Classic Vanilla Spritz Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons milk or cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour and baking powder together to disperse the baking powder. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg, milk or cream, the vanilla extract, and almond extract. Continue beating until well-combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture in three parts, beating after each. Load the dough into a cookie press and press cookies onto an ungreased baking sheet leaving at least 1/2 inch between cookies. Decorate with candies or sprinkles.
- Bake for six to eight minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges. Remove the cookies from the pan to cool on wire racks.
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(Updated from May 22, 2014)
