Recipe - Butter Spritz Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter;
slightly softened
2/3 cup Powdered sugar
1 lg Egg yolk
1 One fourth teaspoon Vanilla extract
One half teaspoon Almond extract
One half cup Finely ground blanched
almonds
2 cup Allpurpose or unbleached
white flour

DECORATION
Candied cherry halves
(optional)

From: Felicia Pickering MNHAN063@SIVM.SI.EDU

Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 18:13:52 EDT
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Grease several baking sheets and set aside.
Place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on
medium speed until very light. Add the sugar and egg yolk and beat until
very fluffy and smooth. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts and almonds.
Gradually beat in flour until thoroughly incorporated but not overmixed.
Fit a pastry bag with a 3/8inch diameter star tip. Stand the bag, tip
down, in a tall glass and turn down a deep cuff at the top. Spoon the dough
into it until the bag is no more than twothirds full. Unfold the cuff and
tightly twist the bag closed at the top. Pipe 1 1/4inch diameter rosettes
onto a baking sheet, spacing about 1 One half inches apart. Press a cherry half,
cut side down, into the center of each cookie, if desired.

Place in the center of the oven and bake the cookies for 7 to 10 minutes,
or until slightly browned at the edges. Remove baking sheets from the oven
and let cookies stand for 2 to 3 minutes. Then transfer them to wire racks
and let stand until cooled completely. Store in an airtight container for
up to a week. Freeze for longer storage.

Makes 50 to 60 1 3/4inch rosette cookies.

Recipe is from _The International Cookie Cookbook_ by Nancy Baggett.

EATL Digest 10 August 96

From the EATL recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
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