Spritz cookie

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Hello all. Hope everybody had a nice Christmas. I'm still thinking about

finding the perfect spritz cookie...so here's one I just found. Maybe

*this* is the one.

PS: When I make spritz cookies, I like to press a red hot candy in the

center and some colored sugar over the whole cookie before baking.

 

Brenda Adams

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Scandinavian Spritz

 

Recipe By : Found at Liz Caesar's Cook and Tell webpage

Serving Size : 72 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Spritz Cookies

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 1/4 cups sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter or regular margarine

3/4 cup sugar

3 egg yolks -- beaten

1 teaspoon almond extract

or 3/4 cup grated almonds

 

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Cream butter or

margarine, add sugar gradually and beat until light. Add egg yolks and

almond extract. Add dry ingredients. Work with your hands if dough seems

crumbly.

 

Using a fourth of the dough at a time, force it through a cookie press onto

cookie sheet, about 1 to 2 inches apart. Bake in 400-degree oven 7 to 10

minutes until set but not brown. Remove cookies and cool on wire racks.

Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

 

Source:

" http://www.inlandempireonline.com/food/cook-and-tell/

 

-- Liz Caesar, Cook and Tell, The Press-Enterprise, PO Box 792, Riverside,

Ca "

 

S(MC formatted by):

" Brenda Adams (adamsfmle) - posted to MC-Rec & Veg-Rec12/99 "

 

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NOTES : Spritz cookies are formed into a variety of shapes when the dough

is forced through a cookie press. They are crisp, buttery-tasting and

fragile, wonderful served with fruit punch or coffee.