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Does anyone know of a recipe for spritz cookies that DOES NOT use the cookie press?  

 

Years ago I was able to make the cookies with no issues.  Lately the press just does not work properly and I am not interested in buying another press and having the same results.  I'd love a recipe with out the hassle of the cookie press.  thanks!

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You can drop them from a teaspoon, and press them with the tines of a fork. 

 

OVER HANDLING, tho, is what makes them tough.   (Don't "roll" them into balls.)

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If it isn't made with a press, it's not a Spritz cookie, it's just a sugar cookie. 

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@Kachina624   Unfortunately that's not true.

 

 

I pulled out my America's Test Kitchen Cookbook for the OP.

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@Just Bling   

 

"What are Spritz Cookies? Spritz cookies are a lot like sugar cookies. They're buttery and sweet and, with the right recipe, hold their intricate shape when baked. Sugar cookies are shaped with cookie cutters and spritz cookies are shaped with a cookie press."

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I drop teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet to bake:

 

2 sticks softened butter

3/4 cups sugar

4 oz cream cheese

3/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp lemon zest

1 egg yolk

2 1/2 cups flour

 

Mix butter, sugar, cream cheese, salt, vanilla, and zest in big bowl with hand mixer until smooth.  Beat in egg yolk.  I mix in the flour by hand.

Drop teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.  Bake in 375 degree oven until light brown around the edges, 9 to 11 minutes.

Cool sheet on rack for 5 minutes.  Place cookies on rack to finish cooling   

 

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@Mom2Dogs 

 

I am so happy you asked and I looked.  I was using my Pampered Chef cookie press and last year I determined the cookies are way too big and tough.  They're probably not tough to the people I give them to but to me I like a delicate crisp cookie and here's what they say.

From America's Test Kitchen Cookbook

 

The success of these confections rest primarily in the management of finicky ingrediants.   Found out you can actually pipe these cookies!

 

If using a pastry bag, use a star tip to create the various shapes.  For stars, a 1/2 to a 5/8 inch tip works best, but for rosettes and S Shapes, use a 3/8" tip.  Measure the diameter of the tip at the smallest point.  To create stars, stars should be about 1 inch in diameter.  to create rosettes pipe the dough while moving the bag in a circular motion ending at the center of the reosette rosettes should be about 1-1/4 in diameter

 

To create S shapes peipe he dough into compact s's they should be about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide.  

 

one sheet at a time for best results.  if reusing a baking sheet make sure it's cooled.

 

1 large egg yolk

1 Tablespoon heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

16 Tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter softened but still cool

2/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon table salt

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour

 

adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 375 deg

line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper

whisk the egg yolk, cream, and vanilla in a small bowl until combined set aside.

 

in a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar and salt at medium high spped until light and fluffy about 3 minutes scraping down the bowl and beater as neeed.  with mixer running at medium speed add the yolk cream mixture and beat until incorporated. about 30 seconds.  with the mixer running at low spped, gradually beat in the flour until combined.  give the dough a final stir to make sure the flour is mixed in.

 

pipe cookies, bake 1 sheet at a time until light golden brown 10-12 minutes rotating the baking sheet halfway through.  cool cookies on the baking sheet for 10-15 minutes and transfer to wire rack

 

 

 

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@Mom2Dogs 

 

Here's the variations

 

Spritz cookies with lemon essence

 

follow recipe adding 1 teaspoon juice from 1 lemon to the yoke-cream mixture in step 1 and adding 1 teaspoon finely grated zest from 1 lemon to the butter along with sugar and salt in step 2

 

 

Almond Spritz Cookies

 

Grind 1/2 cup sliced almonds and 2 tablespoons of the flour in a food processor until powdery and evenly fine, about 12 pulses, combine the almond mixture with the remaining flour.  Follow the recipe for Spritz Cookies substituting 3/4 teaspoon almond extract for the vanilla.

 

 

 

I think this will be my new favorite recipe and I'm piping them this year!

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@Just Bling   Thanks for the info and recipe...I can pipe!!  I love the flavor of spritz cookies!!!

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@Desertdi wrote:

You can drop them from a teaspoon, and press them with the tines of a fork. 

 

OVER HANDLING, tho, is what makes them tough.   (Don't "roll" them into balls.)


 

 

@Desertdi 

 

Two years ago, I made tons of them, no problem.  This year I made a big mess!  LOL

They kept sticking, couldn't get them outta the press.

 

One of my recipes says to roll the dough into logs and refrig....when you say don't roll into balls...is that what you mean?  I shouldn't do that?