Spritz Cookies

If you've never made Spritz Cookies, quick, go out and buy a cookie press and make them! I have this cookie press that I got for Christmas last year.

It's so much nicer than the old metal one that I had, where the disk kept popping off. That one is long gone, now! This one comes with a little booklet in it with a few recipes. We followed the Vanilla Spritz recipe, with a few minor changes. I'll post the recipe below, in case you already have a cookie press! I had two good helpers this morning.

N was going to help, 

Then decided to play instead. 

He did sit and watch J stir up the dough, though!

I have the cutest redheads. Seriously.

Isn't it gorgeous?!

Oh, just laying on the countertop watching.

Anyways, the recipe:

1 cup salted butter, room temperature.

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

• Preheat oven to 375. 
• Mix butter and sugar together in large bowl until fluffy.
• Add in egg and vanilla. Mix well.
• Stir flour in by hand. Dough will seem a bit crumbly.
• Roll a section of dough into a log and insert into cookie press, fit with desired disk.
• Press the dough out onto a non-greased cookie sheet. I found it helps a little if you freeze the sheet before pressing cookies onto it.
• Decorate with colored sugar if you want.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes until very lightly browned around the edges. 
• Don't let cookies cool on sheets at all, remove while still warm to wire racks to cool.
• Store in an airtight container for 4 days or freeze and eat later! 
• Makes about 7 dozen cookies.