Monday, January 17, 2011

Spritz Cookies

400F

Vicki – first made 2011 (NOT the family recipe - check for that one)

1 cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
½ tsp salt
1 tsp almond extract
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour *

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter, sugar, egg, salt and flavor thoroughly. Work in flour. Using ¼ dough at a time, force dough through cookie press on ungreased baking sheet in desired shapes.
Bake 6-9 minutes, or until set but not brown.

* Recipe typically calls for 2 ¼ cup of flour, start with 1 ¼ cup then add more to taste.