2/3 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 400F. In large mixer bowl combine sugar, butter, egg, salt, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture is light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add flour. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed, 2 to 3 minutes. Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Note: Can also color dough with food coloring, and decorate with dragées and colored sugar.
Lorrie Hess in Texas Hill Country Dec 18, 2008
Would make this again.
Finally, we found a recipe that works easily and is delicious too! My girls and I tried two others before we found this one. We finally found out why a cookie press is so much fun!
Dec 17, 2008
Would make this again.
very good cookies!!!!!
A cookie baker in NJ Dec 14, 2008
Would make this again.
Delicious and easy! I needed a recipe to make with my 7 year old girls and use our manual cookie press for the first time. They really enjoyed the instant gratification (and we had all of the ingredients in the house).
Teresa in KL- Germany Dec 13, 2008
Would make this again.
I picked this out for a quick, easy recipe...and it was just that. It is great. I switched the vanilla for a vanilla/almond mix. But, all the same, fantastic and simple. I, too, made them in red (wreaths), green (trees), and yellow (stars). So easy, my husband even helped. I will make them for many Christmases to come.
Dec 12, 2008
Would make this again.
these are the best cookies i ever made.
