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Spritz cookies get their name from the German word for 'to squirt' because the dough is squirted from a cookie press. Buttery and delicate, Spritz cookies are shaped by a decorative tip at the end of the press.

Spritz Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until light. Beat in egg, egg yolk and lemon extract, mix well.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture. Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.
3. Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
4. Fill cookie press with dough. Press cookies onto baking sheet. Bake 7 to 10 minutes.
5. Remove from oven. Cool completely on wire racks.

Makes 36 cookies.