topic Re: Spritz cookies in Recipes

Spritz cookies

Mom2Dogs — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:51:58 GMT

I love spritz cookies, but gave up years ago and ditched the cookie press. All of a sudden I had trouble getting the dough out of the press...I tried two different presses.

Does anyone have a recipe for this cookie that does not require a cookie press? Thanks

Re: Spritz cookies

Nightowlz — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:16:11 GMT

I just wanted to say my mom used to make these in a wreath shape at Christmas all the time. I called them butter cookies. They were melt in your mouth yum.

I don't know why you could not roll out your dough & cut with cookie cutters. Spray or use flour on the cutters.

Online it says you can roll in ball & flatten with bottom of glass.

Re: Spritz cookies

Harpa — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:17:41 GMT

I don't see why you could not drop by spoonfuls. Or, pipe them by filling a plastic bag & cut the tip. But you wouldn't lose any dough if you just dropped them.

butter spritz

Re: Spritz cookies

FastDogWalker2 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:17:22 GMT

My mom made these too - loved them!

Re: Spritz cookies

Nightowlz — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:19:09 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
I don't see why you could not drop by spoonfuls. Or, pipe them by filling a plastic bag & cut the tip. But you wouldn't lose any dough if you just dropped them.

@Harpa

Online it says you can use a pasty bag but stay clear of plastic bags that tend to burst under pressure.

If shapes don't matter dropping it by spoon & pressing flat would be easier.

Re: Spritz cookies

CelticCrafter — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:27:10 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
I just wanted to say my mom used to make these in a wreath shape at Christmas all the time. I called them butter cookies. They were melt in your mouth yum.

I don't know why you could not roll out your dough & cut with cookie cutters. Spray or use flour on the cutters.
Online it says you can roll in ball & flatten with bottom of glass.

@Nightowlz the wreath shape tastes the best, lol.

My mother would make hundreds of them this time of year. We would be eating them as fast as they cooled.

Re: Spritz cookies

Harpa — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:27:46 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
@Harpa wrote:
I don't see why you could not drop by spoonfuls. Or, pipe them by filling a plastic bag & cut the tip. But you wouldn't lose any dough if you just dropped them.
@Harpa

Online it says you can use a pasty bag but stay clear of plastic bags that tend to burst under pressure.
If shapes don't matter dropping it by spoon & pressing flat would be easier.

Thanks, @Nightowlz ! I've got to invest in a pastry bag & tips!

Re: Spritz cookies

Kachina624 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:28:56 GMT

They wouldn't be the same texture if dropped by the teaspoon. I used to get so frustrated with that cookie press. I always wondered if the electric ones worked better. Love Spritz cookies.

Re: Spritz cookies

Mom2Dogs — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:34:37 GMT

Gosh, thanks everyone!!

I love those cookies and I made them for years, then all of a sudden, trouble and yes I even had an electric one. I was so frustrated that I just threw everything away.

I can still see that old manual press that my mom used and all those fun shaped disks.

I like the idea of rolling them out, why didn't that occur to me??

Re: Spritz cookies

Nightowlz — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:39:13 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
I just wanted to say my mom used to make these in a wreath shape at Christmas all the time. I called them butter cookies. They were melt in your mouth yum.

I don't know why you could not roll out your dough & cut with cookie cutters. Spray or use flour on the cutters.
Online it says you can roll in ball & flatten with bottom of glass.
@Nightowlz the wreath shape tastes the best, lol.
My mother would make hundreds of them this time of year. We would be eating them as fast as they cooled.

@CelticCrafter

My sister still using my mom's cookie press. I told her to send me some cookies. LOL

Re: Spritz cookies

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:42:33 GMT

I use a pastry bag with a large star tip with this recipe from Cook's Country:

1 egg yolk

1 tbsp heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup butter, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1/8 tsp salt

2 cups flour

Whisk egg yolk, cream, and vanilla in dish to mix. Se aside for later.

Cream butter, sugar, and salt with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in reserved egg mixture. Slowly beat in flour to mix thoroughly.

Fill rolled-down pastry bag half-full, pull up sides, and twist tightly while pushing down dough to squeeze out air. Pipe onto ungreased baking sheet 1 1/2" apart. Bake one sheet at a time at 375 degrees until light golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on sheet for 15 minutes. Finish cooling on wire rack.

Re: Spritz cookies

Sooner — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:45:43 GMT

We have a bunch of cookie presses in the attic: ones we've bought and inherited. We used to make dozens of them.

Our favorites were the camel ones made with a gingerbread flavored spritz recipe.

Re: Spritz cookies

Big Joanie — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:20:23 GMT

We made these at home when I was a teenager .. .we almost

made ourselves sick .. between eating the dough and the

mound of cookies we made ..... Our .. and my favorite ...

the green Christmas Trees with red sugar sprinkle ......

We made them last year for the first time in about 20 years ...

they tasted great .....

Re: Spritz cookies

FlyersGirl — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:39:18 GMT

@Big Joanie wrote:
We made these at home when I was a teenager .. .we almost
made ourselves sick .. between eating the dough and the
mound of cookies we made ..... Our .. and my favorite ...
the green Christmas Trees with red sugar sprinkle ......

We made them last year for the first time in about 20 years ...
they tasted great .....

I loved the green Christmas trees. My Mom also used the red sugar sprinkles on some and she used the silver dragees for "balls" on the trees. LOL, now those silver dragees are only supposed to be "for decorative purposes" and not to be eaten. So glad we did not have that warning as kids.

Re: Spritz cookies

Big Joanie — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:35:55 GMT

OMG .. yes we had the silver dragees too... I just didn't know

their name .....

Re: Spritz cookies

Desertdi — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:02:01 GMT

Spritz dough does not "like" to be handled much. They are supposed to be very "delicate" after baking. Rolling with a pin, or forming into balls and pressed, "toughens" the dough.

Re: Spritz cookies

NVmimi — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:35:03 GMT

I just made Spritz cookies today, turned out great! Last year I replaced my metal, inherited press with an OXO good grips one from Amz. It works great, absolutely love it!

Re: Spritz cookies

rms1954 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 01:58:30 GMT

My Mom made them and they were so my favorite. I used to watch her struggle with the darn cookie press. I have one but can't be bothered struggling with it. She did trees and wreaths.

Re: Spritz cookies

homedecor1 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 04:57:08 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

Im thinking you "improvise" by making the dough then rolling into logs.

Place in pastry bag with large star tip (Ateco 867 using 16" pastry bag) for wreath. I think the small tip would be to thin. I don't know if Wilton has large tips at craft stores.

Then I would make wreaths of continuous circle adding bow.

I had my mothers old cooper Mirro Brand crank style press. In my last move it disappeared. At first I bought theWilton one -- no luck☹️. I purchased the OXO brand from BB&B.

It works perfectly using the spritz dough Ive used for years.

I like the wreaths and trees I dye the dough green.

Spritz are my fav!

Happy Baking🙂

Re: Spritz cookies

Knit-Chick — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:40:02 GMT

I wonder if you could just roll them into a ball and then after you put them on a cookie sheet, press them down with a bottom of a glass (dipped in sugar). I think they would have to be flattened a bit to cook well.