Cookie Press Butter Spritz Cookies

I like to make these cookie press butter cookies with Madison for 4th of July. They come out looking like fireworks and we decorate them with red, white & blue sprinkles.

I made my own red, white & blue sprinkles. 

What is a cookie press?

 This is my cookie press.

I bought it on eBay for $3 and it is awesome.

 You fill the canister with cookie dough and squeeze it out, like playdoh.

Classic Wilton Spritz Cookies 

First beat butter & sugar.

Then add vanilla, egg & milk. (I omitted the almond extract.)

 Madison pouring in the vanilla. We used our homemade vanilla!

Stir together dry ingredients. Then gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture.

Voila - cookie dough.

Roll cookie dough into a log.

Push into cookie press.

Push it down & get it as full as possible.

I squeeze out the first little bit & wipe it off into the bowl.

This ensures that the first cookie comes out even. 

The cookie press should be flat against the cookie sheet. Give the top handle a nice twist until the cookie comes out. I need to turn mine about once & a half to make a good size cookie.

This picture is Madison making a cookie. :)

Bake for 10-12 minutes.

I added sprinkles right after they came out of the oven. You can add the sprinkles before putting the cookies in the oven too.

Note: Jimmies sprinkles will melt in the oven - add after or halfway through baking.

Another idea I tried was drizzling buttercream icing over the cookies. Mmm.

Some other July 4th sweets:

Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting & Sprinkles

Rice Krispy Treats with red, white & blue jimmies sprinkles.

The Jimmies melt in the hot marshmellow mix and leave a cool stream of color in the treats.

Brownies :)

http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Classic-Spritz-Cookies