Brown Sugar Spritz

Usually, I make spritz in December for the holidays. But there is no reason to save the cookie press for once a year. So when I found this recipe in Mom's recipe box, I decided to try spritz in the spring. Spritz cookies are made using a cookie press, and the dough is loaded into the barrel and pressed out through disk that creates a specific shape. The disks are different shapes, allowing for all sorts of designs.

The dough for these cookies is quite basic: butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla and flour. These cookies would be great for kids who might not like fancy ingredients. If you don't have a cookie press, you can still make these cookies by either rolling the dough and using cookie cutters or shaping a ball of about a tablespoon of dough and flattening it with the bottom of a glass. Despite the simplicity of the ingredients, the resulting cookies are delicious.

Brown Sugar Spritz

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour. Knead several times until dough is soft and pliable. Press dough through a cookie press onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Allow to coo. Enjoy!