"Made with a 6-ingredient dough, these spritz cookies are buttery, tender, and scented with almond extract, not unlike sugar cookies or shortbread. What sets them apart from other cookies is how they're made. Spritz cookies get their festive shapes from a cookie press. Their name comes from the German word spritzen, which means "to squirt," which describes how the dough squirts out of the press."
"Start by making the cookie dough. We use softened butter in this recipe, so I make the dough in my stand mixer. An electric hand mixer works too! Next, shape the cookies. Working in batches if necessary, load the dough into your cookie press. Press out the dough onto two ungreased sheet pans to form cookies in your desired shapes."
Family tradition spans over 40 years of baking buttery, tender spritz cookies during Christmas, with early kitchen memories centered on making them with family. The dough uses six ingredients and almond extract for a flavor similar to sugar cookies or shortbread. Festive shapes come from a cookie press; the German word spritzen, meaning "to squirt," describes how the dough is forced out of the press. Softened butter is used and the dough can be made in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer. Dough is pressed onto ungreased sheet pans so it sticks and the bottoms brown. Cookies are decorated with colored sugar or sprinkles before baking and bake 8 to 10 minutes until lightly golden.
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