Holiday Spritz Recipe

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“I tried substituting rum extract for vanilla in a classic Christmas recipe, and the end result was a cookie that tasted a lot like eggnog!” writes field editor Lisa Varner of Charleston, South Carolina.

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Holiday Spritz Recipe

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

Yield: 84 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 teaspoons rum extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Colored sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake at 375° for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 7 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 39 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 23 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Holiday Spritz in Taste of Home December/January 2008, p7