Super Shooter Spritz Cookies Recipes

COOKIE PRESS SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium mixing bowl, cream together butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until smooth with electric mixer. Stir in flour and cornstarch. Pop dough into your cookie press, and away you go! Press cookies out onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the peaks are golden.

CLASSIC SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
• Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
• Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.

SUPER SHOOTER BASIC SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Place butter and shortening in a large mixing bowl and cream together on medium high speed.
• Add sugar gradually; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Add egg and vanilla; mix well using medium speed.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in separate bowl.
• Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture in three additions; mix well after each addition.
• The dough will be stiff.
• Assemble and fill super shooter with dough; use desired disc.
• Press cookies on ungreased, uncoated baking sheet (no teflon).
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
• Do NOT overbake.

SUPER SHOOTER SPRITZ HOLIDAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cream sugar and butter.
• Mix in remaining ingredients.
• Place dough in cookie press.
• Press cookikes out onto a COOL cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with jimmies or colored sugar or place a"red hot" candy or a "mini-M&M" candy in the center of each cookie.
• Watch them closely while baking and don't let them brown.
• Bake about 6-9 minutes, remember, do NOT brown.

SUPER SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. With an electric mixer at high speed cream butter until soft.
• 2. Add sugar gradually, continuing to cream about 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
• 3. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add vanilla. Beat well.
• 4. Add flour in three additions. Mix well after each addition. Dough will be stiff.
• 5. Shape dough into 2 rolls. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least one hour.
• 6. Assemble gun. Fill with cookie dough.
• 7. Bake 7-10 minutes (I bake for 9 minutes) until just starting to turn light brown around the edges, being careful not to overbake.

SUPER SHOOTER SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400°F. 2. Cream sugar and butter. 3. Mix in remaining ingredients. 4. Place dough in cookie press. 5. Press cookikes out onto a COOL cookie sheet. 6. Sprinkle with jimmies or colored sugar or place a"red hot" candy or a "mini-M&M" candy in the center of each cookie. 7. Watch them closely while baking and don't let them brown. 8. Bake about 6-9 minutes, remember, do NOT brown.

SUPER SHOOTER WHIPPED SHORTBREAD SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt.
• Gradually add cornstarch and flour.
• Whip with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Place dough into a cookie press and press cookies out onto a COOL baking sheet.
• Decorate with candies, or candied cherries if desired.
• Bake 12-15 minutes.
• Let cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet.
• Then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature.