Spritz Cookies

Warm, buttery, not to "floury". The secret to these is the use of powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar. It makes the texture much more velvety. In our house, we aren't big fans of almond flavoring, so I omit it.

 

Ingredients

• 4 sticks of butter (salted)
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 2/3 cup flour

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Sift together the flour and salt; set aside.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolks, almond extract (if you using) and vanilla extract. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients. 
3. Color dough. I separate into 3 even parts and color each differently.
4. Fill a cookie press with dough and shoot cookies onto a cookie sheet. Decorate with sprinkles.
5. Bake for 6 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven until just beginning to brown around the edges. Don't let these overcook! Let rest on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Makes a crapload of cookies.  (You could 1/2 the recipe if you want.)