Betty Crocker Spritz Cookie - The Ultimate Spritz

• 1 cup (225 ml) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar
• 2-1/4 cups (525 ml) Gold Medal all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) almond extract or vanilla
• food color, if desired
• currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees (200 C.).
2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
3. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
4. Place dough in cookie press.
5. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Decorate with currents if desired.
7. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown.
8. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
9. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.

butter, sugar, flour, salt, egg, almond, food color, currants

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/001713 (may not work)