Orange Spritz Cookies Food

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Whisk flour, salt, and zest in a bowl. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture.
• Transfer batter to a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip (such as Ateco #829). Pipe 2 1/2-inch logs on parchment-lined baking sheets. Whisk together yolk and cream; brush cookies with egg wash. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 17 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in orange zest and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture., Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375° for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

SPRITZ ORANGE CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream the shortening. Gradually add the sugar and the orange juice. Cream well. Beat in the egg and the orange rind.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture a little at a time. Fill cookie press and form cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.

ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks onupper and lower thirds. On a piece ofparchment paper, pat out dough to 1/2inch thick. Sprinkle zest evenly over top;knead to incorporate.Transfer to a cookiepress; pipe shapes, about 1 inch apart,onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in upper and lower thirdsof oven, switching positions of sheetshalfway through, until edges are lightgolden, about 15 minutes. Transfer towire racks to cool completely.
• Set a small heatproof bowl over a panof simmering water; add half the chocolateto bowl, and stir until melted andsmooth. Add the remaining chocolate;remove bowl from heat. Stir until smooth.Transfer chocolate to a pastry bag fittedwith a very small (less than 1/16 inch) plainround tip, such as Wilton #1.
• Transfer cookies to a sheet of parchmentpaper. Pipe chocolate in a zigzagpattern over tops. Let stand until chocolatehas set.

TRI-COLOR BULLSEYE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add and mix in 1 egg at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition. Add the vanilla and mix. Whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl and add to the butter mixture, beating until the flour is just incorporated.
• Separate the cookie dough into 3 bowls as follows: a small amount for the center of the bullseye then divide the rest equally for the other 2 rings. Add 2 to 3 drops of one of the food colors to the small bowl, stirring to distribute the color evenly. Repeat with a different food color for each of the remaining bowls of dough.
• Place each colored dough in separate piping bags, making sure to put the smallest amount of dough in the bag with the smallest tip. Starting with the outside of each bullseye, pipe 3-inch rings onto the baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Use the next bag to pipe the second colored ring inside the first ring, then use the third bag to fill in the center of the bullseye. If the edges of the piped rings overlap, use a bit of water to moisten a finger and smooth out the uneven section.
• Freeze the bullseyes for 10 minutes before baking. Then bake until the cookies are set but not yet golden brown, about 11 minutes, rotating the pan 180 degrees at the halfway mark.
• Allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack before serving.

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and brown sugar.
• Beat in orage peel and extract.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Sprinkle them with colored sugar.
• Bake at 375º for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool for 2 minutes.
• before removing to wire racks.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in egg, orange juice and zest. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well., Using a cookie press fitted with a bar disk, press long strips of dough onto ungreased baking sheets; cut ends to release from disk. Cut each strip into 3-in. lengths (no need to separate them)., Bake 8-10 minutes or until set (do not brown). Re-cut cookies if necessary. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Place walnuts in a shallow bowl. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with walnuts. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.