Cookie press cookies topped with red and green candied cherries.
Original recipe makes 6 dozen
Ingredients
1 cup butter
2/3 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
72 red and green candied cherries, quartered
Directions
- Cream together butter and confectioner’s sugar in bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in egg, egg yolk and almond extract; blend well.
- Gradually stir flour into creamed mixture, mixing well.
- Fit flower crown design into cookie press. Place 1/2 of the dough in cookie press at a time, forcing dough through press, about 1 inch apart, on ungreased baking sheets.
- Place 1/4 of a red or green candied cherry in center of each. Bake in 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven 7-10 minutes or until set but not browned. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks.
Nutrition
Calories: 124 kcal
Carbohydrates: 17.4 g
Cholesterol: 25 mg
Fat: 5.5 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 1.3 g
Sodium: 46 mg
