Spritz Cookies
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2¼ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- dash salt
- 1 tsp almond extract
- maraschino cherries, cut in half
Special Equipment
- cookie press
How-to
- Preheat oven to 375°
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar
- Add egg & beat well
- Add flour, baking powder, salt & almond extract and mix well
- Fill a cookie press with dough and press out shapes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat
- Add half a maraschino cherry to each cookie and bake at 375° for about 8-10 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don't burn, until edges are golden brown