I am so sorry, it’s been forever since I’ve updated the blog. I went back to Michigan for Thanksgiving and when I got back I was working ten-hour days to make up the time I used, and then this weekend I baked and baked and baked for a fundraiser my work did today. I just haven’t had time to sit down and type a post. Phew. I made Holiday Spritz Cookies (pictured below), Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops, Mint Truffle Brownie Bite Cookies, Honey Maple Cookies, and gingerbread cake bars with cream cheese icing. The Honey Maple Cookies were a disaster though so I won’t be posting pictures of them. Super sad as it seemed like it would have been pretty tasty if it would have worked out.
My work, the Public Drinking Water Branch of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, did a silent auction bake sale to raise funds for adopt a soldier and Fishes Food Pantry, in Vienna, Missouri. In total we raised $471. My coworkers are super generous when it comes to supporting charities. We were asked to donate baked goods or baking related items. I donated several bowls of cookies and a few cake pops.
The cake pops were awful to make, but that’s a story for a different post….
One of the cookies in my cookie assortment box were Holiday Spritz cookies. I found the recipe in a Taste of Home Cookbook. My sister gave me a cookie press awhile back and I hadn’t tried it out yet. These I think are easier than drop cookies. It was fun squirting the dough out on the cookie sheet and making Christmas trees, and then sprinkling them with sugar and/or sprinkles and baking them.
They turned out great, although it was tricky at first to figure out how much pressure to apply to the press in order to get a nice shape. Some of the trees turned out to be a tad on the chubby side.
Holiday Spritz Cookies (Taste of Home)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp rum extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Sugar or Sprinkles
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Cream the butter and sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add the egg and extract until combined. Combine flour and salt in separate bowl, then gradually add to the butter mixture until everything is combined.
Add the dough to your favorite cookie press fitted with whatever shape you desire. Press the cookies about one inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone baking mat, sprinkle with sugar or sprinkles, and bake for 7-8 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on racks for 2 – 3 minutes then move to a wire rack to finish cooling and enjoy!
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