Spritzgeback (German Spritz Butter Cookies)
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp almond, vanilla, or lemon extract
- 2 ¼ cups unbleached unsifted flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
Instructions
1. Beat butter and sugar until light.
2. Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.
3. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.
4. Chill dough for ½ hour.
5. Press ¼ of the dough into a cookie press.
6. Keep remaining dough chilled.
7. Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet.
8. Bake in oven at for 7–10 minutes or until done.
9. Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.
