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"These are my hubby's favorite Christmas cookies. His Great Aunt Gin used to make them for him every year and it just isn't Christmas without them. She always made green Christmas Trees and pink Wreaths because those were her two favorite colors. Since they use all shortening they are a very crisp cookie. The recipe is originally from the cookbook..."

Ingredients: eggs, food coloring, salt...

"I have been making these buttery little cookies for Christmas every year since I was a little girl. You can color the dough any color you like or leave them plain. I sometimes color half the dough green and half red, then put two lumps of each color through the cookie press at the same tiem to create two-toned cookies. I originally got the recipe from..."

Ingredients: colored sprinkles, eggs...

"you've tasted these -- they melt in your mouth --
but usually people don't add the lemon zest, which makes All The Difference in how special these taste"

Ingredients: cream cheese, egg yolks...

"I always make Spritz (you know...that cookie press thing you got at your wedding shower 20 years ago that is still collecting dust? That's what you use to make Spritz.) at Christmas time or for parties because they're sooo easy to make and they look like they came from a bakery; place them on a tray with other shapes and various colors of..."

Ingredients: colored sugar sprinkle, colored sprinkles...

"A recipe by Patty Rodewald for the "From the Governor's Pantry" cookbook, Lind House Association in New Ulm, Minnesota, July 1988. The book is dedicated to the many volunteers who had donated their time, talents and money to restore the John Lind home. A great aunt of Patty, Teckla Johnson, brought this recipe from Sweden."

Ingredients: eggs, sugar, vanilla...

"From Midwest Living December 2007"

Ingredients: eggs, coarse sugar...

"These are wonderful and a great addition to your cookie tray."

Ingredients: eggs, salt, sugar...

"This recipe came from a magazine page in Good Housekeeping, and I remember making them in the early '80's with my mom, so this recipe is at least that old. I've made this with several different Jell-o flavors and they've all been good. If you have trouble handling the dough in the cookie press chill it a bit."

Ingredients: double-acting baking powder, eggs...

"Source: Family Circle/www.bhg.com
Chocolate version of the old-fashioned spritz cookie."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, egg yolks...

"My grandma gave me a cookie press a few years back, and has since been asking me to use it. I was a bit intimidated by it.. but once you get the hang of it, it's easy. The original recipe called for margarine, which I've replaced with butter. Also, sometimes I have to add 1/8-1/4 cup extra flour to get a texture that will hold its shape, I..."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, cocoa...

"Heatter describes these cookies as "rich, tender, fragile, and delicate." This is a recipe for your cookie press. It is more intensely chocolate than most. Use the leftover egg whites to make meringue cookies (also called forgotten cookies). Using the search will turn up the recipe."

Ingredients: egg yolks, nuts, salt...

"This is another easy version of Spritz Cookies with a cake mix."

Ingredients: white cake mix, flour, butter...

"Do you love eggnog? Get your fix munching on easy-to-make buttery cookies flavored with rum extract and nutmeg."

Ingredients: eggs, sugar cookie mix, milk...

"Every holiday season I always make several different of batches of spritz cookies, but this variation is my favorite. The kids always help make the cookies and is becoming a tradition in our home.

Prep time includes chill time and cooking time assumes 15 minutes per dozen"

Ingredients: red maraschino cherries, egg yolks...