Butter Spritz Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 in a large bowl, with a mixer at low speed, beat butter with sugar until blended.
• 3 increase speed to high and beat until light and creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• 4 at low speed, beat in the egg and almond extract until mixed.
• 5 beat in flour just until blended.
• 6 spoon the dough into cookie press or large bag fitted with a large star tip (3/4 inch diameter opening).
• 7 onto ungreased large cookie sheet, pipe dough into"s" shapes, 2 1/2 inches long and 2 inches apart.
• 8 bake cookies 15 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges.
• 9 let cookies remain on cookie sheet on wire rack 2 minutes to cool slightly.
• 10 transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• 11 repeat with remaining dough.
• 12 store cookies in tightly covered container up to 1 week.