Description
Nostalgic spritz cookies from Germany offer sweet memories of holiday baking traditions. Buttery, delicate shapes create delightful moments you’ll savor with each crisp, tender bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (225 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 large egg yolks (32 g), at room temperature
- ½ cup (100 g / 3.5 oz) granulated white sugar
- 2 cups (260 g / 9.2 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp (6 g) pure vanilla extract (optional)
- ¼ tsp (1 g) kosher salt
- candied cherries
- nuts
- colored sprinkles
- colored sugars
Instructions
- Preparation: Chill baking sheets in refrigerator while preheating oven to 350°F (180°C), ensuring ideal cookie consistency and texture.
- Creaming: Blend butter and sugar until light and airy, creating a smooth foundational mixture for delicate spritz cookies.
- Binding: Integrate egg yolks and vanilla extract into butter-sugar blend, mixing until color and texture become completely uniform.
- Dough Formation: Incorporate salt and flour, gently folding until dough reaches a cohesive and smooth consistency without overworking.
- Shaping and Decorating: Use a cookie press with decorative plate or pastry bag with star/rose tip to precisely form cookies, embellishing with sprinkles, chopped nuts, glacé cherries, or colored sugar before baking.
- Baking: Arrange cookies on chilled sheets with adequate spacing, then place in preheated oven and bake for 9-13 minutes until edges display a delicate golden-brown hue.
- Cooling: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes to stabilize, then transfer to wire rack for complete cooling, developing a crisp texture and enhancing flavor profile.
Notes
- Chill Baking Sheets: Refrigerate sheets before baking to control cookie spread and maintain precise shape.
- Avoid Overmixing: Stir flour gently to prevent tough, dense cookies and preserve delicate, tender texture.
- Decorative Options: Use cookie press, pastry bag, or various tips to create intricate, professional-looking spritz cookies.
- Temperature Watch: Monitor baking time closely; golden-brown edges signal perfect doneness without burning delicate cookies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 48
- Calories: 194
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 45 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 39 mg