Holiday Wreaths With Cherries Spritz Cookies For Cookie Press

• 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
• 3 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, pure not imitation
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 dozen red maraschino cherries
• 1/4 cup decorator sugar, green color (or enough to coat cookies)

1. With an electric mixer (can be done by hand, but it's a lot of work!), cream butter & cream cheese until light.
2. Add the granulated sugar to butter blend and beat until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract.
4. In a separate large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt).
5. Gradually blend in flour with creamed butter mixture.
6. Chill dough for minimum 4 hours.
7. After dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
8. Add chilled dough to cookie press, use wreath shaping disc.
9. Press cookies onto lightly greased cookie sheet or baking stone (baking stone recommended).
10. Sprinkle green decorator sugar (granulated) over cookies.
11. Add 1 cherry in middle of each wreath.
12. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until slightly browned. Do not over bake
13. Let cool on wire cooling rack before serving.

butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, almond extract, flour, baking powder, salt, maraschino cherries, decorator sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/holiday-wreaths-with-cherries-spritz-cookies-for-cookie-press-348774 (may not work)