Spritz Cookie Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Our butter spritz cookie recipe is a beautiful addition to your holiday baking with its intricate designs and amazing flavor.

Prep Time20

Cook Time8

Total Time28

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Spritz Cookies Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 76kcal

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Using a stand mixer, or a medium-size mixing bowl and a handheld mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter for 1 to 1½ minutes.
Add the granulated sugar and continue mixing for 1 more minute.
Add the egg, clear vanilla flavoring and almond extract. Mix medium-low speed until well combined.
Add the all-purpose flour, and mix on low just until the flour is completely incorporated.
Using a cookie press, select a decorator disk for each color. Fill the cookie press tube with the cookie dough.
Press the cookie dough onto an ungreased bare baking sheet, 2 inches apart. You can sprinkle a few of the cookies with nonpareils.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to completely cool.
Using 2 small heat-safe bowls, pour ½ the bag of the green candy melts in one bowl, and ½ the bag of red candy melts into the other bowl.
Microwave the candy melts for 1 minute and stir. Continue to microwave in 20-second intervals,stirring after each interval until the candies are completely melted and smooth.
Dip each cookie halfway into the desired color of candy melts. Place the dipped cookies onto a piece of parchment paper.
Evenly sprinkle the dipped section of cookie with the nonpareils. Allow the candy-dipped section of the cookie to completely dry and harden before serving.

If you do not have a cookie press, you can use a piping bag with a decorator’s tip.
If the dough comes out misshapen or comes out only partially shaped, you can just load dough back into the cookie press.
It is very important to decorate the unbaked cookie dough before baking. The sprinkles will not adhere to the baked cookie dough.
If you are using a darker colored baking sheet, watch the baking time because they will bake quicker on a dark sheet.
Don't leave your stirring spoon in the baking melts when you're done because the baking melts go hard and your spoon will get stuck and you can't put metal in the microwave to soften it again.