Chocolate-dipped Spritz Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 11 ounces dark chocolate confectionary coating or 11 ounces candy coating or 11 ounces milk chocolate confectionary coating
• nuts (optional) or candy sprinkles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• 2 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 3 combine flour, salt and baking soda, gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 4 using a cookie press, press dough onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 5 bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes.
• 6 original recipe says not to let brown but i prefer it when the edges are slightly brown, it makes the bottoms nice and crispy.
• 7 remove to cooling rack and let cool completely.
• 8 melt confectionary coating and dip each cookie half way and sprinkle with finely ground nuts or sprinkles.
• 9 i usually do half semi sweet chocolate and half chocolate and sprinkle with holiday colored non periels.
• 10 let harden on wax paper.