PRESS
in intriguing shapes.
HOW TO MAKE COOKIES WITH A PRESS
Force dough through a cooky press (or pastry tube). Follow directions accompanying cooky press. Hold the press upright, and force out the dough until it appears at the edge of the mold ... then lift the press away.
SPRITZ ( Recipe) (“Spurted out of a press”)
Crisp, fragile, buttery-tasting curlicues.
Mix together thoroughly ...
- 1 cup soft butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp. flavoring (almond or vanilla) or 4 tbsp. grated almonds.
Work in with the hands ...
- 2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Chill dough. Force through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in letter S’s, rosettes, fluted bars, or other desired shapes. Bake until set ... but not brown.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 7 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. cookies.
CHOCOLATE SPRITZ
Follow recipe above—but blend into the shortening mixture 4 sq. unsweetened chocolate (4 oz.), melted.
Have baking sheet cold before forcing cooky dough through press onto it. If sheet is not cold, the fat in the dough will melt and the cookies will pull away from the sheet when the press is lifted.
BUTTER COOKIES
Follow recipe for Butter Cookies on p. 31. Force chilled dough through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in form of flowers, wreaths, or any desired shapes.
Dough for press cookies may be rolled out and cut into desired shapes. For wreaths, cut with scalloped cooky cutter ... then cut out center with a smaller sized cutter.
★ ALMOND WREATHS
Beautiful almond-topped garlands.
Mix together thoroughly ...
- 1 cup soft shortening (mostly butter)
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ¼ tsp. salt
Sift together and work in with the hands ...
- 2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Chill dough. Force through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in shape of wreaths. Brush wreaths with slightly beaten egg white. Sprinkle with mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar, ¼ tsp. cinnamon, and ¼ cup very finely chopped blanched almonds. Bake until set ... but not brown.
TO DECORATE
Press bits of red or green candied cherry into top of wreaths to simulate a bow.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. cookies.