Almond Spritz Cookies
These Almond Spritz Cookies are adorable with their festive holiday sprinkles. They are fun, shareable, and will be a great addition to your holiday cookie list. They will also make wonderful edible gifts to coworkers and neighbors this holiday season.
Servings: 22 cookies
Equipment
- Cookie Press
Ingredients
- 4 oz unsalted butter 1 stick, 113 g, room temperature
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar 67 g
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 1 cup + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 137 g
- A large pinch of salt
Instructions
- Cream softened butter with sugar in a mixing bowl using the whisk attachment until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and almond extract and beat until combined.
- Sift flour into a small bowl and mix in the salt to distribute evenly. With the mixer on the lowest speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the stand mixer bowl and mix until thoroughly combined. The dough should be soft and easy to handle.
- Fill the cookie press with the cookie dough and line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Hold the cookie press perpendicular to the prepared baking sheet and press out the cookies, spacing about 1 - 2 inches apart.
- Add sprinkles, color sugars or any decorative touches desired to your cookies. Chill in the fridge or freezer while the oven preheats. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Bake for 8 – 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 - 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to completely cool.
Notes
- If you don’t have a stand mixer, a regular mixing bowl and an electric hand mixer will work just as well. Or you can cream the butter by hand with a whisk and just use a spatula to incorporate the dry ingredients.
- I recommend silicone baking mats for this recipe but parchment paper will also work if you don’t own any silicone baking mat. Just make sure to hold down the paper when lifting up the cookie press when using parchment paper because you may experience the parchment paper lifting up with the dough.
- This recipe can make up to 3 dozen cookies depending on how much dough is pressed out per cookie. I used 2 clicks of the cookie press here for larger cookies and the recipe yields 22 cookies.
- You can easily double or triple this recipe to make a lot more when preparing for the holidays.
Nutrition
Serving: 15g | Calories: 72kcal
