Spritzgeback (German Spritz Butter Cookies)

What you’ll need

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• 1 cup butter
• ⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp almond, vanilla, or lemon extract
• 2 ¼ cups unbleached unsifted flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder

Let’s make it

1. Step 1

   Beat butter and sugar until light.

2. Step 2

   Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.

3. Step 3

   Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.

4. Step 4

   Chill dough for ½ hour.

5. Step 5

   Press ¼ of the dough into a cookie press.

6. Step 6

   Keep remaining dough chilled.

7. Step 7

   Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet.

8. Step 8

   Bake in oven at for 7–10 minutes or until done.

9. Step 9

   Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.

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