HOLIDAY WREATHS WITH CHERRIES SPRITZ COOKIES FOR COOKIE PRESS
Every holiday season I always make several different of batches of spritz cookies, but this variation is my favorite. The kids always help make the cookies and is becoming a tradition in our home. Prep time includes chill time and cooking time assumes 15 minutes per dozen
Provided by ARathkamp
Categories Dessert
Time 5h
Yield 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- With an electric mixer (can be done by hand, but it's a lot of work!), cream butter & cream cheese until light.
- Add the granulated sugar to butter blend and beat until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt).
- Gradually blend in flour with creamed butter mixture.
- Chill dough for minimum 4 hours.
- After dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add chilled dough to cookie press, use wreath shaping disc.
- Press cookies onto lightly greased cookie sheet or baking stone (baking stone recommended).
- Sprinkle green decorator sugar (granulated) over cookies.
- Add 1 cherry in middle of each wreath.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until slightly browned. Do not over bake
- Let cool on wire cooling rack before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 972.2, Fat 48.1, SaturatedFat 29.8, Cholesterol 170.9, Sodium 637.1, Carbohydrate 123.9, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 63.1, Protein 12.2
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