Butter Rich Spritz Butter Cookies

241 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 6 min
Ready In: 18 min

“These are wonderful cookies from the press. They are rich in flavor. My mom has made these cookies for years for all of the holidays. She even used food coloring for the different designs, like green trees,etc. The kids love to decorate them as much as they love to eat them.” - by Sheri Lipp

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Original recipe yields 3 dozen

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Sift together the flour and salt; set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolks, almond extract and vanilla extract. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients. Fill a cookie press with dough and shoot cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. If you like, decorate with sugar or sprinkles at this time.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (36 total)

Calories
96 cal
5%

Fat
5.4 g
8%

Carbs
10.8 g
3%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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trishy44

Dec. 13, 2006

"Great Great recipe with some tweaking.... Here's what I did for perfect results. I added two more tablespoons to the butter it called for, and put half of the salt, half of the almond extract and a t..." See moread bit more of the vanilla... Perfecto... They are soft, creamy, melt in your mouth......"

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BahamaMama62

Dec. 23, 2004

"YUMMY! AND FINALLY I've found a Spritz cookie recipe I will keep FOREVER!! :) I did modify the recipe, though, by using only 1/4t almond flavoring and 1/4 t vanilla flavoring. There was no bitter..." See more after-taste, only the melt-in-your-mouth taste of buttery spritz. The confectioner's sugar also makes this cookie very smooth. GREAT recipe! It's a definate keeper!"

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COOKIMONSTER

Dec. 26, 2003

"I agree with KARLA13, the preparation is easy but the cookie after-taste isn't that appealing. Although they looked nice, I couldn't give them out because of the after-taste. I make spriz cookies a lo..." See moret and this taste was like no other..."

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