How to make classic spritz cookies

Make Classic Spritz Cookies

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INGREDIENTS

Preheat oven to 375

Preheat oven to 375

Thoroughly cream butter and sugar together

Thoroughly cream butter and sugar together

It should look like this

It should look like this

Next, add egg, milk, vanilla extract and almond extract and mix well

In a separate bowl, add your flour and baking powder and mix together. Then slowly add to the butter and sugar mix

When you're done mixing all of the ingredients, the dough should look like this

When you're done mixing all of the ingredients, the dough should look like this

Shape dough into small logs and place into cookie press

Then just press your cookies onto a baking sheet

After you press your cookies onto the cookie sheet, add maraschino cherries to the centers of the cookies

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes. Keep an eye on them so they don't brown

Enjoy :-)

  • 1 and a half cups butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Cookie press