Spritz Butter Cookies

Hi, welcome to my childhood in a cookie. Seriously, the smells, the colors, the sprinkles, all of it just floods me with childhood memories of Christmas time. I sat on the counter every single Christmas and made these cookies with my mom. The “gun” that made the cool shapes was the most fun. I remember the weight of picking out the perfect type of sprinkle for each shape and each color. So good.

Now I get to do this with my own daughter and I’m loving every second of it. She isn’t too into carefully picking the sprinkles yet, more just opening and dumping. However, she’s into it like I was and I hope she has the same fond memories of Christmas baking like I do.

Do you guys make these spritz cookies every year too? What are your family baking traditions?

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Ingredients

2 sticks (1 cup) butter, room temp

3/4 cup sugar

3 egg yolks

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until creamy.

2. Add the egg yolks and vanilla. Beat again for about 2 minutes on medium speed until fluffy.

3. Add the salt and flour, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Dough will be slightly thick and sticky.

4. Divide the dough into 3-4 parts and place in separate small bowls. Add a few drops of desired colors of food coloring into each part of dough, Mix with spatula until desired color.

5. Use Spritz cookie maker as directed to make your holiday shapes onto your cookie sheet. Then bake at 400 degrees for about 7 minutes. Cool completely.