Spritz Cookies III

Cookie press cookies topped with red and green candied cherries.

• Calories: 124 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• ⅔ cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 ¾ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 72 red and green candied cherries, quartered

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cream together butter and confectioner's sugar in bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in egg, egg yolk and almond extract; blend well.

Step 2

Gradually stir flour into creamed mixture, mixing well.

Step 3

Fit flower crown design into cookie press. Place 1/2 of the dough in cookie press at a time, forcing dough through press, about 1 inch apart, on ungreased baking sheets.

Step 4

Place 1/4 of a red or green candied cherry in center of each. Bake in 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven 7-10 minutes or until set but not browned. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks.