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Swedish
Spritz Christmas Trees
It is
very important to use butter in this recipe. If you use
margarine, the cookie will be soft and won't taste as rich. You
need a cookie press that has changeable stamped plates. A metal
manual press with a screw type handle works best and lasts
longer.
Cream very
well:
1 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Sugar
Beat in:
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon
Almond Extract
Sift the dry
ingredients together:
1/4 Teaspoon
Salt
2 1/4 Cups
Sifted All-Purpose Flour 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
Gradually
blend the sifted dry ingredients into the creamed butter
mixture.
Tint dough
with a few drops of green food coloring.
Mix well.
Use the tree
plate in the cookie press. Fill the press with cookie dough.
Stand the
press on the ungreased baking sheet. Turn the plunger handle
until the cookie is formed. Lift the press and the cookie will
cut off.
Decorate
cookies with colored sugar.
Bake at 375
degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Move hot
cookies to cooling racks.
Store cookies
in an airtight container.
Makes 6-7 dozen cookies. |
