Spritzgeback (German Spritz Butter Cookies)

Ingredients

• •1 cup butter
• •⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
• •1 egg
• •1 egg yolk
• •1 tsp almond , vanilla , or lemon extract
• •2 ¼ cups unbleached unsifted flour
• •¼ tsp salt
• •½ tsp baking powder

Instructions

1. 1Beat butter and sugar until light.
2. 2Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.
3. 3Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.
4. 4Chill dough for ½ hour.
5. 5Press ¼ of the dough into a cookie press.
6. 6Keep remaining dough chilled.
7. 7Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet .
8. 8Bake in oven at 400°F for 7–10 minutes or until done.
9. 9Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.