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Cream Cheese Spritz

Name: Cream Cheese Spritz
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 6 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 3 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 large egg yolk, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest; Green food coloring, decorator candies and colored sugar, optional

11 reviews

Test Kitchen Approved

Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

about 6 dozen

Updated: Oct. 14, 2022

A hint of orange and cinnamon highlights these Christmastime classics. I like to add colorful sprinkles before baking them. The recipe is from a booklet that came with a cookie press in the 1950s...and I still have the press! —Sarah Bedia, Lake Jackson, Texas

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
Green food coloring, decorator candies and colored sugar, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream shortening, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in orange zest. If desired, add food coloring.

Using a cookie press fitted with a disk of your choice, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with candies and colored sugar as desired. Bake until set (do not brown), 9-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 56 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 20mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Cream Cheese Spritz

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