Almond Spritz Press Cookies

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 72
• 1 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• food coloring

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, adding sugar in gradually.
• 2 add unbeaten egg, sifted dry ingredients, flavoring and a few drops of food coloring. mix well.
• 3 fill cookie press. form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets using the tree plate. decorate with tiny multi-colored sprinkles.
• 4 bake at 400°f for 6-8 minutes. cool just slightly and remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. (if you wait too long, they will break when you try to move them.).