Chocolate Spritz Cookies

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 (6 ounce) box premier baking chocolate
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 sift flour, cocoa and salt in bowl.
• 2 beat together butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth and creamy.
• 3 beat in yolk.
• 4 on low speed, beat in flour mixture until well combined.
• 5 cover; refrigerate 10 minutes.
• 6 heat oven to 375ºf.
• 7 grease several baking sheets.
• 8 spoon some of dough into cookie press fitted with plate-tip of your choice.
• 9 keep remaining dough refrigerated.
• 10 onto prepared baking sheet, press dough onto cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
• 11 note:.
• 12 cookies can be decorated before baking.
• 13 bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until firm. remove from oven.
• 14 with pancake turner, immediately remove cookies from baking sheet to wire racks to cool
• 15 continue with remaining dough, pressing out and baking.
• 16 line clean baking sheet with waxed paper.
• 17 heat chocolate and oil in small saucepan over low heat, until melted.
• 18 dip ends of each cookie in chocolate, drizzle chocolate mix over cookies, or decorate in any fashion desired.