Spritz Cookies - Swedish Butter Cookies

The origins of this cookie is divided between Swedish and German. Either way, "spritz" means "squirt" and that's how the cookies are placed onto a baking sheet. You can use either a "Cookie Press" (typically a cylinder with a trigger that pushes the dough through a variety of disk shapes), or you can pipe them from a pastry bag. Either way, the recipe is very simple but has a lot of possibilities for flavor variations. This recipe comes from America's Test Kitchen, and it's the best one I've made so far. The cookies are crispy on the outside, and tender on this inside. I love them with a hot cup of tea. For the record, I used OXO's new Cookie Press, that works great!

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