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Spritz cookies in festive pressed shapes with colored sugar
Hannah Brooks

Spritz Cookies

Buttery pressed Christmas cookies with delicate edges and simple decoration.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Servings: 48 cookies
Calories: 75
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
  • 2 tablespoons colored sanding sugar plant-based colors, optional

Equipment

  • 1 Cookie press
  • 1 Baking sheets

Method
 

  1. Beat butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
  2. Beat in egg and alcohol-free vanilla extract.
  3. Mix in flour and salt just until a soft dough forms.
  4. Heat oven to 375°F. Fit a cookie press with a holiday disk and fill with dough.
  5. Press shapes onto cool ungreased baking sheets, 1 inch apart; add sanding sugar if using.
  6. Bake 7 to 9 minutes until edges are barely golden. Cool on sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to rack.

Notes

Nutrition is an estimate per cookie. Use cool, ungreased baking sheets for clean pressed shapes.
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