Swedish Spritz Spritskransar Food

SWEDISH SPRITZ

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour and baking powder; gradually add to the creamed mixture., Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges are firm and lightly browned, 12-13 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Frost and decorate as desired.

SWEDISH SPRITZ

Steps:

• Thoroughly Cream the Butter and Sugar.
• Add the Egg the Vanilla and Almond Extract.
• Beat Well.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Add to the creamed mixture, mix until smooth.
• Do not chill.
• DO NOT DOUBLE.
• Force Cookies through a cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Decorate the cookies with redhots, sprinkles or whatever you like.
• Bake in a 400 oven for 8-10 minutes.
• Cool on newspaper.
• These freeze well but shouldnt be left out for more than a week or so.

SPRITSKRANSAR (SPRITZ RINGS, SWEDISH)

Steps:

• Place butter and sugar in a bowl and after butter has softened mix in egg yolk.
• Add almond extract and beat until creamy.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Place dough into cookie press and use the small star shaped cutout.
• Press dough and form into rings, aprox. the size or a quarter.
• Bake in a hot oven (400) 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
• Cool before putting away.

GREAT-GRANDMAS SWEDISH SPRITZ RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Slowly add sugar while beating until the mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg yolks one at a time, allowing the first to blend into the butter mixture before adding the other. Beat egg white and almond extract into the mixture. Pour the flour in small amounts into the mixture while beating; continue beating until fully incorporated.
• Using a cookie press, press dough onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

SWEDISH SPRITZ (SPRITSKRANSAR)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar very well.
• Add egg yolk and extract.
• Stir in almonds and flour a little at a time until dough is smooth and not too firm.
• Shape with a cookie press into rings or "S" shapes on buttered cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes till golden yellow in color.
• Let cookies cool on sheet.

SWEDISH ROSE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Fill a wine glass or tumbler three-fourths full of ice. Add wine and elderflower liqueur. Top with a splash of lemon seltzer; stir gently.

GLAZED EGGNOG SPRITZ

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• In large bowl, beat sugar and 1 cup butter with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, 2 tsp rum flavor and the egg until smooth. Beat in flour and 1 tsp nutmeg.
• Place 1/4 of the dough at a time in cookie press.
• On ungreased cookie sheet, form desired shapes with dough.
• Bake 6-10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; form desired shapes with dough.
• In small bowl, stir all glaze ingredients except nutmeg with spoon until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Pour mixture into small resealable plastic food-storage bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle glaze on cookies. Before glaze is set, sprinkle 1/2 tsp nutmeg over cookies.

SPRITZ

Steps:

• Demo about using cookie press http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=243023.
• Set out the butter so it is at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, add the vanilla.
• In a different bowl combine flour and baking powder; add this dry mixture to creamed mixture and mix well.
• If you want to add a drop of food coloring, do so.
• Put a portion of dough into the cookie press.
• Shape dough with cookie press. ( When I use the swirlie plate, I like to get some dough onto the cookie sheet with press' feet? down --whatever you call them- LOL-- right on the cookie sheet and then turn the screw gizmo about 3 rotations. The first few usually do not look the best but by about the third one I have it figured out.).
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 14-15 minutes. If you use a dark cookie sheet it will take less time.