Old Fashioned Spritz Cookies
Old fashioned spritz cookies turn out perfectly each and every time when you follow this classic never fail recipe! Flavored with lemon, but easily adjustable to your flavor liking. Crisp, light and buttery spritz cookies, perfect for any holiday!
Servings: 5 dozen
Calories: 47kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract can sub almond or vanilla
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Sprinkles or colored sugar for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets with Crisco. Place cookie press in the refrigerator.
- With a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg and extract and beat until mixed well.
- Sift together four, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 parts, mixing well after each addition.
- Pack the dough into a chilled cookie press and press them onto the greased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle with colored sugars or sprinkles.
- Bake for 7 minutes (*see notes) or until they are just barely golden brown on the edges. Cool on wire racks.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Chilling the cookie press has been key to making these cookies work well. Chill the press, not the dough! The dough needs to be tacky to stick to the cookie sheet.
The original recipe says to bake 8-10 minutes. Ovens vary as you know, so watch them and see for yourself how long. I usually pull mine at 7 minutes, because by 8 minutes they are too brown.
Use whatever flavoring you like, we love the lemon! Plus, when I am making up my cookie trays, it's nice to have a little something lemon on them, with all of the other flavors.
Great make-ahead recipe, they freeze really well!
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 12mg | Sugar: 2g