Day 24 of Christmas Cookies

It's here. The final day of cookies. It's been such a fun road to travel for my whole family. The kids loved tasting and helping, Mike loved seeing me be all domestic, and I loved it all. I loved every smell that came from my oven, every ingredient I had to go out and buy, and even every dish that I had to wash. It was such a great experience for me.

Now that the last batch has been baked, the cookies have been packed up and we will be delivering them to neighbors later today. It's going to seem weird not having to find a new cookie recipe to make tonight. Or trying to make an early morning posting deadline.

Truth be told, I'm still going to be baking some more cookies today. We are bringing cookies to both of Mike's parents house and all the good ones have been taken. So I have 3 recipes to remake today.

Here is today's recipe. So simple yet so tasty. We pop these babies like potato chips. They're so addictive.


Spritz Cookies

1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional but really delicious)
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

Cream butter and sugar on medium speed in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add the egg yolks, salt, vanilla and almond extract. Mix until well blended. Add flour and mix until smooth.

Chill dough for about 30 minutes just to firm it up a bit.

Preheat oven to 350.

Prepare your cookie press by fitting it with the desired design plate and filling it with your cookie dough. Follow your manufacturer's instructions for pressing the cookie dough. Space cookies about 1 inch apart. You can sprinkle unbaked cookies with colored sugars or sprinkles. Bake 1 sheet at a time for 9-12 minutes or until edges of cookies are barely brown. Remove from the cookie sheets and let cool on a cooling rack.



Thank you all for following me on my adventure. I wish you a very Merry Christmas. Make it memorable. I'm pretty sure I did.