Wilton Butter Press Cookies Recipes

CLASSIC BUTTERY SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
• In a separate large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, milk, vanilla extract and almond extract; mix well.
• Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture; beat until combined. Do not chill.
• Fill cookie press with dough and with desired disks, press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until the edges are light golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet placed on the cooling rack. Remove from the baking sheet and place on the wire rack to cool completely.

COOKIE PRESS BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolks, 2 tablespoons water, flour, salt and vanilla. Chill the dough.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Fill the cookie press and shape the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush the top of each cookie with the egg whites mixed with 2 tablespoons of the water. Decorate as desired.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) until the cookies are golden brown on top, about 10 minutes.

WILTON BUTTER PRESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Thoroughly cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg, milk, vanilla and almond extracts; beat well. Sift the flour and then measure by spooning the sifted flour into the measuring cup. (Using too much flour will make the dough too dense to come out the press. I have found out the hard way that sifting the flour is important!).
• Stir together flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing to make a smooth dough.
• DO NOT CHILL.
• Place dough in cookie press and press cookies on to ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 6-8 minutes.
• Remove cookies from sheet and cool on rack.
• Makes 6 dozen cookies (but they're very small).