Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- GLAZE:
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- two to three tablespoons water
- Colored sugar and sprinkles
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375. Inside a large bowl, cream butter, confectioners' salt and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Progressively beat flour into creamed mixture.
- Utilizing a cookie press fitted having a disk of your liking, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 6-8 minutes or until set (don't brown). Remove to wire racks to awesome completely.
- In a tiny bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and enough water to achieve preferred consistency. Dip cookies in glaze decorate as preferred. Let stand until set. Yield: about 7-1/2 dozen.
Initially printed as Buttery Spritz Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cook book Annual 2001, p107
Dietary Details
1 cookie: 43 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fats), 7mg cholesterol, 30mg sodium, 6g carb (3g sugars, 0g fiber), 0g protein.