Cream Cheese Spritz

• 1 cup shortening
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• Green food coloring, decorator candies and colored sugar, optional

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Cream shortening, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in orange zest. If desired, add food coloring.
2. Using a cookie press fitted with a disk of your choice, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased
3. . Decorate with candies and colored sugar as desired. Bake until set (do not brown), 9-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

shortening, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, flour, salt, ground cinnamon, orange zest, green food coloring

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cream-cheese-spritz/ (may not work)