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The Ultimate Spritz

These delicate, crisp cookies have a rich, buttery flavor. You often see these cookies at family celebrations during the winter holidays, but they're perfect for any occasion.

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Prep Time 1 hr 5 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 72

Ingredients

1: cup butter, softened

1/2: cup sugar

2 1/4: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4: teaspoon salt

1: egg

1/4: teaspoon almond extract or vanilla

: Food color, if desired

: Currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 400ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
2 Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
3 Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

The name spritz comes from the German word spritzen, meaning "to squirt" because the soft dough is squirted or pushed through a cookie press to make fancy designs.

Butter is responsible for the tender, rich texture and flavor of these incredible cookies. Margarine would not work nearly as well. For these cookies, stick with butter!

Chocolate Spritz: Stir 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled, into the butter-sugar mixture.
Holiday Spritz: Substitute rum extract for the almond extract or vanilla; tint dough with appropriate food colors. After baking, glaze cooled cookies with Butter-Rum Glaze: Melt 1/4 cup butter or margaine over low heat; remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon rum extract. Stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons hot water until glaze is spreadable. Tint glaze with food color to match cookies if desired.
Spice Spritz: Stir in 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice with the flour.

To ensure recipe success, do not use self-rising flour in this recipe.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 45
Calories from Fat: 25 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 3 g; 3 %
(Saturated Fat 2 g, 2 % ),
Cholesterol: 10 mg; 10 %;
Sodium: 25 mg; 25 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 4 g; 4 %
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1 g; 1 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 2/11/2013 4:16:41 PM REPORT ABUSE toastmaster said:

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This was my first time making spritz and I was surprised at how tasty and simple these were to make. The dough was really easy to work with and was the right consistency to help it stick to the sheet. These cookies have a very mild flavor but a nice, buttery aftertaste (I used vanilla extract). I drizzled some melted chocolate on them to make them a little more flavorful. I think next time I'll add more sugar to the dough, just because I like cookies to be a little sweeter, but they're still good without it. My dad and I really enjoyed these.

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Posted 12/7/2011 10:52:01 AM REPORT ABUSE twins1118 said:

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This is the best recipe for Spritz cookies. I have made them for the past 20 years and loved the way they looked in a holiday cookie tray. Each year I cursed because the dough did not want to make it to the cookie pan. This year I looked for a new recipe and was so happy with this one. This came out of the cookie gun with no problem . Thank you for making this cooking making easy.

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Posted 12/22/2010 6:35:18 PM REPORT ABUSE Miashundra said:

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I made these cookies years ago for my kids. This is the recipe I used from Better Homes and Gardens Version 1978 and it was very good. 1 c. butter 1 c. sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla or 1/2 tsp. almond 2 1/3 c. flour 1/2 tsp. baking pwd. 1/4 tsp. salt This recipe says do not chill the dough. So go figure. I added coloring to color it. So there is a difference in recipes. I was going to try this till I saw your review. I think I will stick with mine. Hope this helps.

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