Spritzgeback (Spritz Cookies)

• Ready In: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, No Margarine
• 2⁄3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1  large egg
• 1  large  egg yolk
• 1  teaspoon  almonds or 1  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour, Unbleached, Unsifted
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. Beat butter and sugar until light.
2. Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.
3. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.
4. Chill dough 1/2 hour.
5. Press 1/4 of the dough into a cookie press.
6. Keep remaining dough chilled.
7. Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet.
8. Bake in 400 degrees F. oven for 7 to 10 minutes or until done.
9. Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.