Cooking - Betty Crocker Cookie Book Recipes (Share Me) (ebook - Txt).txt

Serving Size : 78 Preparation Time :0:00

: Celebrate with Cookies

Categories

Chapter 7

Amount Measure

Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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cup butter or margarine -- softened

cup sugar

cups all-purpose flour

1/4

teaspoon salt

egg

teaspoon almond extract

teaspoon vanilla

Currants raisins candies colored sugar,

finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or

fruit peel, if desired

Heat oven to 400º. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer

on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie

sheet. Decorate with currants.

Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from

cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of

corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.

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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an

approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.

You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook

is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker®

cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional

analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results

are expected.

Description:

The name for these cookies comes from the German word spritzen,

meaning "to squirt" because the soft dough is squirted or pushed

through a cookie press to make fancy designs."

Yield:

78 Cookies"

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Per serving: 40 Calories (kcal); 2g Total Fat; (54% calories from fat); trace

Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 2mg Cholesterol; 35mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 0

Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : Wonderful, warm memories and family traditions are often centered

around the holidays. We often go the extra mile and do something

just a little more special. For many of us, that means making

spritz cookies. This tender, little butter cookie has passed the

test of time.

Cookie Tip

These cookies are delicate and crisp with a rich, buttery flavor

that is perfect for any occasion.

Make It Your Way

Chocolate Spritz are easily made by stirring 2 ounces unsweetened

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