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Germany

Spritzgeback (German Spritz Butter Cookies)

Serves 4 · 180 minutes

Suits: Vegetarian, Pescatarian. Allergens named in the ingredients: Gluten, Eggs, Milk, Tree nuts. Flags come from what shops, restaurants and cooks list and from the ingredient names. Always check the label. This is not medical advice.

Ingredients

  • 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

Method

  1. Beat butter and sugar until light.
  2. Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.
  3. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.
  4. Chill dough for ½ hour.
  5. Press ¼ of the dough into a cookie press.
  6. Keep remaining dough chilled.
  7. Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet.
  8. Bake in oven at for 7–10 minutes or until done.
  9. Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.