Spritz (shelley rodgers)

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
These delicious, festive cookies are a tradition in Sweden at
Christmas time. Crisp and buttery-tasting, they can be kept fresh
For several weeks in a tin. Try out different shapes with a
Cookie press - and make sure the cookie sheets are cold or the
Dough will melt (because of all the butter).
2 cups (sift before measuring) flour
¼ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Butter or regular margarine, softened
½ cup Sugar
1 each Egg yolk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract OR 1/2 tsp almond extract
Cinnamon candies, angelica or green candied cherries, miniature
Colored nonpareils, red & green sugar, silver dragees.

Directions

FROM: SHELLEY RODGERS

GARNISHES

Refrigerate several large ungreased cookie sheets until ready to use.

Sift flour with salt; set aside. In large bowl, using portable mixer at medium speed, or wooden spoon, beat soft butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. Using a wooden spoon, stir in one third flour mixture at a time, beating until smooth and well combined. Fill cookie press with dough. Then make the following shapes. If dough is warm, refrigerate it, but keep it pliable. It will be crumbly if too cold. Preheat oven to 375~. Make wreaths: use star disk. Force dough onto cold cookie sheet in a 12-inch strip, cut strip into three parts. Form each part into a circle. Continue forming wreaths. Decorate with cinnamon candies and angelica or candied cherries. For Christmas trees, rosettes or stars: use appropriate disk. For each, stand press upright on cold cookie sheet.

Force out dough to form shape. Release pressure; lift up slightly to cut off dough. Cookies hsould ge 1-½ inches apart. Sprinkle with nonpareils, colored sugar and silver dragees. Sugar bars: use a striped-bar disk. Force dough onto cold cookie sheet in a 12-inch strip; cut strip into four 3-inch bars; place 1 inch apart. Continue forming bars. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake cookies 8-10 minutes or until light golden. Remove to wire rack; cool. Makes about 4 dozen cookies. [ McCall's magazine, December 1982. ] Submitted By PAT STOCKETT On 06-02-95

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