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pritz cookies not only taste amazing but are fun to make as well. If you don’t have a cookie press you can use a pastry bag with a large piping tip, but you have been warned they are not as much fun as pulling the trigger on a cookie press. A perfectly shaped cookie shoots through the disc in a second. You can make bakery-style cookies just as quickly as you can fill a barrel and pull the trigger. I realize this description makes baking cookies sound like an old western movie standoff. Bake these cookies and you will soon see how much fun making cookies can be.
Ingredients:
1 cup room temperature butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs whites
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
2 1/4 cups flour
Instructions:
- In a mixer beat the butter and sugar until well combined.
- Add egg whites and mix until very smooth consistency.
- Next, add flour, salt, and vanilla. Mix until batter comes together.
- Place dough into cookie press and press cookies onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. If your cookies are having trouble sticking to the cookie sheet it is usually a temperature issue. Try removing parchment from cookie sheets and refrigerating your cookie sheets. Allowing the dough to warm up will also help the dough stick to the cookie sheet surface.
- If you are going to decorate with sugar or sprinkles do it at this stage before baking.
- Bake cookies in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until dough is just beginning to golden. Do not over-bake these cookies, they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet.
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