Christmas Cookie Day: Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
Posted: December 3, 2012 | Author: egg me on | Filed under: cookies | Tags: Christmas, cookies, cream cheese, eggs, food, Holidays, recipes, spritz |10 CommentsIt’s that time of year again, people! Trees are being trimmed. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. And every Monday is Christmas Cookie Day. Last year I introduced everyone to Hershey Kiss Things, a long-time holiday tradition in my family. Well, these cream cheese cookies have had a place alongside them for as long as I can remember. They’re so creamy and tasty, it’s nearly impossible to eat just one. Plus, it’s fun to use a cookie press to stamp out little trees, wreaths, snowmen or whatever festive shapes you want.
Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
– ½ cup (1 stick) of margarine, softened
– 4 oz of cream cheese, softened
– ⅓ cup of sugar
– 1 egg yolk
– 1 ½ teaspoon of orange extract
– 1 ½ cups of flour
– ½ teaspoon of salt
– Food coloring and festive sprinkles (optional)
Heat your oven to 400º.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the margarine, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and orange extract together. Add the flour and salt and beat until well combined. Add a few teaspoons of green food coloring and mix.
Place the dough into a cookie press, pick a festive stencil like a Christmas tree or wreath, and press the cookies onto an ungreased baking sheet. Add sprinkles. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes. Keep a close eye on the cookies while they bake – the bottoms can brown (and burn) quite quickly. Let cool and then eat.
Check back every Monday this month for more great Christmas cookie recipes!
I am a sucker for spritz! I love them. One of the last Christmas gifts my mother gave me was a cookie press. I ended up inheriting hers though when she passed which is hand cranked and I like much better. I HATE rolled out sugar cookies. Spritz make them easier and way cuter!
I agree wholeheartedly about the hand crank type of cookie press! i gave mine away years ago when I bought the cookie shooter, which wasn”t all I had hoped it would be. Then I bought Pampered Chefs cookie gun which was a total waste of money as that stupid contraption never did work right. I have searched the town for a manual, metal barrel not plastic crank type cookie press and cannot find one… You are not alone in your love of spritz cookies as I make several different kinds.
Thanks Eve! My mom still uses her original metal cookie press and gave me her plastic battery-powered one, which actually worked really well.
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