Spritz Cookies

I remember my Mom making these cookies, from when I was a child.

She would make a large batch and put part of it into coffee tins, to keep for a couple of months.

Many years later, after I left my growing up house, my Mom got an electric cookie maker and gave me the old one.

I don't bring it down from the top shelf of my kitchen cupboard often, but once in a while (like this year) I do.

Scroll down to see the ancient cookie maker.

Hey, it still works! How about that. :-)

Betty Crocker Spritz Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla

Few drops of food color, if desired

Directions

1 Heat oven to 400º. Beat butter, sugar and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients.

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

3 Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool completely.