Cream Cheese Spritz Food

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream shortening, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in orange zest. If desired, add food coloring., Using a cookie press fitted with a disk of your choice, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with candies and colored sugar as desired. Bake until set (do not brown), 9-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together shortening, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, and lemon extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually mix into the creamed mixture in three additions, mixing well after each. Load dough into a cookie press, and press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer; add sugar and beat well. Mix in vanilla extract and food coloring. Slowly add flour and mix well to combine.
• Fill a cookie press with dough and form cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set, 8 to 10 minutes, making sure to remove at the first hint of browning.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese; gradually add sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour.
• Knead dough with hands until pliable. I divide dough into bowls and use a little food coloring to make what colors I want for the shapes I'll use with the Spritz Maker (I use the old fashioned nonelectric one). Before baking, decorate cookies with a little colored sugar.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and cream cheese.
• Gradually add sugar and mix well.
• Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
• Sift flour with salt and cinnamon; gradually add to cream mixture.
• Add food coloring if desired.
• Fill cookie press and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool before removing from baking dish.

CHOCOLATE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• In a mixer, cream the shortening and cream cheese until smooth and well combined. Add the sugar and beat well until light and fluffy, about three minutes.
• Add the egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt. Add to wet ingredients and blend until combined.
• Using a spatula or knife, press dough into the barrel of the cookie press and use according to manufacturer's directions. Place the cookie press on a baking sheet, squeeze the trigger, and gently lift up. If dough should stick to the press, gently remove with the tip of a knife or finger. Cookies can be about 1 ½ inches apart on the baking sheet. Decorate with sprinkles, etc. if desired.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Allow to cool on baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

EASY CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese.
• Add sugar , mix well.
• Add vanilla.
• Slowly add the flour.
• Mix well.
• Add food coloring, if desired.
• Fill cookie press half full.
• Press onto cookie sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes at 375.

CREAM CHEESE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the cream cheese.
• 2. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla extract until well-incorporated.
• 3. Beat in the flour. If you want to color the dough, add a few drops of food coloring to it and knead until the color is uniform.
• 4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill at least 4 hours.
• 5. before ready to bake, let the dough sit at room temperature just until soft enough to mold (or knead it with your hands). Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 6. On an ungreased surface, press out the dough into shapes. Transfer to baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and then add decorations.
• 7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until the edges are stiff and the cookies are lightly browned on the bottom.