SNOWFLAKE COOKIES (COOKIE PRESS RECIPE)

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Make and share this Snowflake Cookies (cookie press recipe) recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chelle_N

Categories Dessert

Time 22m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
3 ounces cream cheese
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
colored crystal sugar, for decoration

Steps:

Cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth.
Beat in egg yolk and extracts, then gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
Mix together the flour and salt, then slowly add flour mixture just until well blended.
Put dough in cookie press and make favorite shapes (wreath, tree, etc.).
Sprinkle with colored sugar and bake in 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden.
Remove from oven and let set on baking sheet 3 minutes to set.
Cool on wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1267, Fat 73.7, SaturatedFat 45.8, Cholesterol 263.8, Sodium 484.7, Carbohydrate 139.6, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 67.3, Protein 13.4