Cookies

Best Ever Spritz

  • 2/3 cup Organic sugar
  • 1 cup Organic butter, softened
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups Whole wheat pastry flour

    • Heat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all ingredients except flour in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour. Beat until well mixed. If desired, prepare doughas directed by variations below. (If dough is too soft, cover and refrigerate, 30-45 minutes.) Place dough into cookie press fitted with template. Form desiredshapes 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

    Bake for 6-8 minutes or untiledges are lightly browned.

    Variations: Chocolate Chip Spritz: Add 1/4 cup coarsely grated semisweet chocolate.

    Eggnog-Glazed Spritz: Add 1 t. ground nutmeg. Glaze: Stir together 1 c. natural powderedsugar; 1/4 c. organic butter, softened;2 T. water and 1/4 t. rum extract in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warmcookies.

    Lebkuchen Spice Spritz: Add 1 t. ground cinnamon, 1 t. ground nutmeg, 1/2 t. ground allspice and 1/4 t. groundcloves. Glaze: Stir together 1 c. natural powdered sugar, 2 T. milk and 1/2 t. vanilla in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies.

    Mint Kisses: Add 1/4 t. peppermint extract. Immediately after removing cookies from oven place 1 chocolate candy kiss on each cookie.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Johanne Wayne of Lakewood, CO. 

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