Ingredients
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter
- softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 Land O Lakes Egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Combine all ingredients except flour in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed until creamy.
- Add flour; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Prepare dough as directed by variations below, if desired.
- (If dough is too soft, cover and refrigerate, 30-45 minutes.)
- Place dough into cookie press fitted with template.
- Form desired shapes, 1 inch apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Chocolate Chip Spritz: Add 1/4 cup coarsely grated semi-sweet chocolate.
- Eggnog-Glazed Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg.
- Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter, softened, 2 tablespoons water and 1/4 teaspoon rum extract in small bowl until smooth.
- Drizzle over warm cookies.
- Lebkuchen Spice Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves.
- Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl until smooth.
- Drizzle over warm cookies.
- Mint Kisses: Add 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract.
- Immediately after removing cookies from oven place 1 chocolate candy kiss on each cookie.
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