Watch me struggle with Spritz Cookies with the Cookie Press (12 Cookies of Christmas

Watch me struggle with Spritz Cookies with the Cookie Press (12 Cookies of Christmas - Recipe 2)

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Recipe: adventuresineverydaycooking.co... Flakey, butter, nuggets of gold, today's cookie is an oldie but goodie. The Spritz (shortbread) Cookie has been around a long time but I've never made them, so I thought today was the day to remedy this! I love how many choices there are for shapes using the cookie press (now if I can just get them to stick to the pan every time, I'll be golden). I did see a tip only AFTER I made this... CHILL YOUR PAN. I'm trying that next time. And there will be a next time. So fun!
🍪 10/10 for flavor
🍪 10/10 for look
🍪 10/10 for recipe itself
🍪 Difficulty level - med-high
CLASSIC SPRITZ COOKIES
INGREDIENTS
1½ cups (375 mL) butter (3 sticks), softened not melted
1 cup (250 mL) sugar
1 egg
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract (Add 1 tsp (5 mL) almond extract if desired.)
3½ cups (875 mL) all-purpose flour
Colored sugar or sprinkles (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C. Beat the butter and sugar on medium speed for about 3 minutes or until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla; beat well. Add the flour; mix on low speed just until blended. Fit the Cookie Press with the desired disk and fill it with the dough. Press the dough onto the Cookie Sheet 1" (2.5 cm) apart. Sprinkle with colored sugar, if desired. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are light golden brown. Cool the cookies for 2 minutes then remove to a wire rack.
Chocolate Spritz Cookies: Increase sugar to 1¼ cups (300 mL). Decrease flour to 3 cups (750 mL). Combine flour and ⅓ cup (75 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder in a medium mixing bowl; blend well. Proceed as the recipe directs.
TIPS FOR (NEARLY) PERFECT SPRITZ COOKIES
Weigh your flour.
Make dough day-of: for the best performance, make the dough right before you intend to use it.
If you need to make the dough ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze, wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap. Must be room temp to use.
Chill the pan. Chilling your cookie sheet in the fridge for 5-10 minutes before dispensing cookies helps the cookies to stick to the pan and keep their shape when baking.
Do not use parchment paper.
To dispense dough, twist the handle till you can see the dough start to come out. Place the cookie press standing up on the cookie sheet, twist to dispense until you feel a bit of resistance and then lift straight up.
Decorate before baking. Add sprinkles, jimmies or nonpareils on top of cookies before baking so they bake right in.
Freeze baked cookies. Place in an airtight container and can be frozen for up to 3 months.
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@mombomb833 6 ай бұрын

Cool your pan a little in the fridge if you have room. Or cool your counters a bit by setting something cold on them and put your parchment on that and press them out. Then add one comes out you can slide another sheet on and keep baking and pressing cookies out. My sister and I made hundreds of these every Christmas and gave them as gifts. Add a little peppermint to the dough and then dip the cooled cookies in chocolate. It's heavenly 🤤

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Hope you had a great Christmas and I'm wishing you a happy new year!!

@jenibyrns145 Ай бұрын

Also I had never even heard of a cookie press till a month ago so I was checking to see how others use theirs so thanks for letting letting learn with you

@jillmaccartney2115 7 ай бұрын

I have NEVER been successful with these, but now I think it's because I put the plate on backwards like you did at first. I'm going to try these again using your tips!!

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

You can do it!!! Hope you had a great Christmas and I'm wishing you a happy new year!!

@SandyKH 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I have many types of presses, and tried to make the shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day. The plus about this pampered chef press is that the cookies are bigger than most and the discs are more usable year round. Very hard to find discs that say holiday with other presses. My instructions with my pampered chef press say to put the numbered side of the disc away from the dough. Each disc has both a letter and number on it, and the numbered side faces down, away from the dough. While you shouldn't chill the dough, you will find that as the kitchen warms up, your dough will not stick to the pan as well. You need clean, cold cookie sheets for these to stick. One click does it, but it's a big click and a thick dough. Some presses give you thickness options, not so with Pampered Chef. Let the cookie sheets cool once you remove the cookies. Found it amazing how well you silicon pad worked with the cookies. Makes me want to try one. Hope you find success with your cookie press. They aren't hard, but I find this press quite cumbersome, and I have made hundreds of spritz cookies at a time for church coffees with mercado or sawa presses, with no problems at all. Add sprinkles before you bake, if you like that sort of thing.

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the tips!!

@bakeladybake9302 6 ай бұрын

Hi I love this video, I went on eBay and found a cookie press just like yours and it was brand new too. This is the first time ever owning and using a cookie press. I'm excited about this cookie press. It's high quality plastic too. Thanks for the video also if a recipe doesn't have salt in it that means to use salted butter.

@stephaniebaer7324 6 ай бұрын

i also chill my dough (10-15 min) and press out quickly for a crisper image. Parchment paper works really well. Love my press as it is a Christmas tradition. Loved your video!

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Hope you had a great Christmas and I'm wishing you a happy new year!!

@WannodsPlace 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Much appreciated how you showed all the steps, including mistakes

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I have so much fun! ;)

@jenibyrns145 Ай бұрын

I do two pulls (but mine is a different brand of press, dont know if that actually makes a difference) and let it set a second before moving the press..... But mine come out perfect if I take my time if I don't they do exactly as yours was doing, so after pulling count to maybe three or four then mov3 to the next spot.....

@debbieemes5580 6 ай бұрын

I never had luck with the press!

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

I had so much fun with it! The comments have been great! giving me a lot of tips to make them come out easier!

@monabiehl6213 6 ай бұрын

How do you make the swirls? I can't find anything on KZfaq that shows that. We make swirls and we don't decorate them.

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

Do you mean swirls, as in the different colored cooking? Half white, half green, etc? Let me know!

@WannodsPlace 7 ай бұрын

I'm wondering if you should have the dough slightly chilled, only a thought. I wasn't to give mine another try, so far I've not been too successful

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

That is what another commenter said... I will try it! (and a chilled pan). Hope you had a great Christmas and I'm wishing you a happy new year!!

@WannodsPlace 6 ай бұрын

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking happy holidays bake to you. OK I followed your recipe to the T, what I learned is it has nothing to do with chilling the dough or chilling the pan, it also doesn't matter if you use a silicone mat or putting them directly on the pan. It has to do with the filling tube. Let me explain. When filling the tube, you must gently pack each scoop down flat and fill that entire area with dough, then add the next and gently fill that piece of the tube, repeat until tube is filled. Oh, you asked a couple of great questions. Let me answer the first: How do I pack the dough in enough to fill each portion of the tube? You start with first scoop of dough falling to the bottom of the tube, now you take the plunger that should be sitting aside with plunger already pushed down as low as it can, gently put it in the tube while you are holding the tube down flat on surface, now carefully ,,not to much pressure but enough for the dough to fill the area right to the edge of the tube. Now, to answer the second question, but it's all going to push out through the design on the disk. How do I stop this from happening? It could easily be solved if a disk was included with no design on it but you can allow what ever amount to squeeze out, not a big deal,continue holding the tube down as you continue to add dough, flatten,and so on. You will probably want to raise the plunger from time to time. When the tube is completely full, there are no empty pockets in the tube, and now simply lift the tube to swipe off the excess dough and any excess dough on the work surface. Put the plunger on the tube. Watch the magic happen with any design you choose.

@PHXRichard 6 ай бұрын

Has anyone had a cookie press break/ crack on them? Working on my third batch the screw part on the handle end started crack. These parts were plastic and this was the my 3 press in for the passed 7 or so Christmas season. I switched to a metal one a few years ago but missed placed it so have to use the plastic one and sure enough it cracked. I feel my dough is a soft and moldy enough as ppl make them on here. Any one make their dough pretty sticky or more like play dough texture?

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

Oh noo! I will be very careful with mine then since they aren't being sold anymore! Maybe that is why?

@rideswithchrist 7 ай бұрын

use almond extract in our Spritz. I've made them since I was a little girl, I still use the vintage press my mom had so I don't know how to use your style press. Yes, every few presses will come out funky- but you did fantastic!!! Your first batch was slightly overcooked though- no brown bottoms :) Second batch was perfecto. I love the pumpkin, I don't have that plate.

@AdventuresinEverydayCooking 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!! So you don't want brown bottoms then? Good to know! Hope you had a great Christmas and I'm wishing you a happy new year!!

@rideswithchrist 6 ай бұрын

@@AdventuresinEverydayCooking I suppose to each their own :) Happy New Year to your family as well!