Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Submitted by CookingLady

"I got this recipe from the book entitled The Spirit of Christmas. Originally my mom had this recipe and it was a holiday staple in our house for years."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 6 dozen

ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour, sifted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• food coloring, if desired

directions

1. Cream shortening and cream cheese.
2. Gradually add sugar and mix well.
3. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
4. Sift flour with salt and cinnamon; gradually add to cream mixture.
5. Add food coloring if desired.
6. Fill cookie press and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
8. Cool before removing from baking dish.

Reviews

[MarleneLSU]

I received a Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra Spritz cookie maker for Christmas last year. I was searching for a recipe since the one provided on the box failed. These turned out great! I divided the dough and colored one red and the other green. These were very easy to make. I altered the flavoring just a little by adding 1/2 teaspoon of Almond extrac and 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla. I also took the extra egg white and made a glaze paste with decorative sprinkles over the cookies just before putting in the oven.

 

[Joan H.]

Easy to mix easy to use electric cookie press easy to add things to make your own I added spices and honey will call them egg nog flavored

 

[OutnumberedByPeanuts]

I tried this for a different variation on spritz this year, and I'm very glad I did. It could have been a little sweeter for my tastes, but it was closer to the taste I have been searching for than the "regular" spritz recipes I've tried in past years have been (and I'm sure my family is going to enjoy them). I made a half batch as a test run yesterday, and I got 58 cookies. It seemed like some of them spread during baking a little more than I was expecting - not sure why some spread and some didn't. Ultimately for my oven it took a bake time of between 11-1/2 to 12 minutes. Thank you for posting, I look forward to making these again in the future! EDITED TO SAY these are <b>really</b> good out of the freezer!!! YUM!