Description
Delightfully festive Spritz Butter Christmas Cookies infused with vanilla and a touch of green color for a holiday vibe. These classic buttery cookies are easy to make using a cookie press and are perfect for decorating with sprinkles or colored sugar for a cheerful Christmas treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Green food coloring (liquid or gel), about 4 drops gel or to desired hue
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Decoration
- Sprinkles or colored sugar, for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C) to prepare for baking your cookies.
- Mix Butter and Sugar: Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the unsalted butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl until the mixture is fluffy and light in color.
- Add Egg and Vanilla: Add the large egg and vanilla extract to the butter-sugar mixture and continue beating until all ingredients are fully combined.
- Color the Dough: Drop in green food coloring a few drops at a time while mixing to incorporate evenly. Approximately 4 drops of gel food coloring will yield a pale green shade perfect for a festive look.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Stir in the all-purpose flour and kosher salt using a wooden spoon until the dough forms and is evenly combined.
- Form Cookies: Pack the dough into a cookie press fitted with your preferred design disk (wreaths, trees, etc.). Press the dough shapes onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Avoid using parchment paper; the sticky dough will release better from the press this way.
- Decorate: Add sprinkles or colored sugar on top of the pressed cookie shapes for extra festive decoration.
- Bake: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 7 to 9 minutes until the edges just start to turn golden.
- Cool: Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool completely before storing them.
- Store: Keep cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature to maintain freshness.
Notes
- Use gel food coloring for a richer green with fewer drops to avoid an overly dark or unnatural color.
- Do not grease the cookie sheet or use parchment paper; the dough’s slight stickiness helps maintain the pressed shapes.
- Let cookies cool fully before storing to prevent softening or sogginess.
- You can swap sprinkles for colored sugar depending on desired texture and appearance.
- The dough can be refrigerated briefly if needed, but work quickly for best cookie press results.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (approx. 15g)
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
