Best Ever Spritz Cookie
Classic Land O Lakes spritz cookies pressed into festive shapes, with variations for chocolate chip, eggnog, Lebkuchen spice and mint.
Ingredients
| 1 cup | 240 ml | Land O Lakes Butter, softened |
| 2/3 cup | 160 ml | sugar |
| 1 | large Land O Lakes Egg | |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | vanilla |
| 1/2 tsp | 2.5 ml | salt |
| 2 1/4 cups | 540 ml | all-purpose flour |
Instructions
STEP 1: Heat oven to 400 F. STEP 2: Combine all ingredients except flour in bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add flour; beat at low speed until well mixed. Prepare dough as directed by variations below, if desired. (If dough is too soft, cover and refrigerate, 30-45 minutes.) STEP 3: Place dough into cookie press fitted with template. Form desired shapes, 1 inch apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Tip: Using Cookie Press. STEP 4: Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Variation - Chocolate Chip Spritz: Add 1/4 cup coarsely grated semi-sweet chocolate. Variation - Eggnog-Glazed Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg. Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon rum extract in bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies. Variation - Lebkuchen Spice Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves. Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies. Variation - Mint Kisses: Add 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract. Immediately after removing cookies from oven place 1 chocolate or peppermint candy kiss on each cookie.