Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
These adorable Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies are the perfect buttery bite-sized morsels! They dress up any cookie platter and are the most fun cookies to customize and decorate.
Servings: 75 cookies
Calories: 30kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 package 8 oz full fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- optional: 1 teaspoon lemon extract OR almond extract OR orange extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- optional: decorator's sugar or sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolk, vanilla extract, and flavor extract if using. Beat just until combined.
- Add flour and salt and stir just until all the ingredients are combined. If you want to use food coloring, add it at this point and stir just enough to incorporate color.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions for using cookie press. Press cookies out onto unlined, ungreased cold baking sheets, about an inch apart from each other (they shouldn't spread much). Once the cookies are all pressed onto the baking sheets, you can add sprinkles or decorating sugar.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. They will be light in color on top and just a little golden underneath. Be careful to not overcook.
Notes
These cookies freeze beautifully. They can also be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 30kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 10mg | Sugar: 3g