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Cranberry Spritz Cookies Recipe

Here’s a sure standout on your treat tray. The cheery cookies get their bright-pink color from cranberry-flavored gelatin.

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Cranberry Spritz Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 60 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cranberry gelatin powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Assorted sprinkles

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening, sugar and gelatin until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with sprinkles.
Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 58 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 27 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Spritz Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2012, p63