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CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup softened butter
1 (3 ounce) pkg. softened cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
2 ½ cups flour
½ tsp. salt
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º.

Cream butter and cream cheese together.

Add sugar and mix well until light and fluffy.

Add egg yolks, vanilla and lemon peel. Mix well.

Gradually add flour and salt to cream mixture.

Shape dough in small logs and place in cookie press. Press cookies onto cool ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned.

To make green trees, add a small amount of green paste color to dough before shaping into logs.

To make red/white cookies, add red paste to one half dough. Shape red and plain dough separately into narrow logs; place together into cookie press. Follow above directions for shaping.

Store in airtight container at cool room temperature for several weeks or freeze for two months.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 dozen cookies

 

 

 

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