Almond Butter Spritz Cookies

Name: Almond Butter Spritz Cookies
Yield: About seventy-two 2-inch cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ pound almond paste; 3 cups cake flour; ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; ½ cup eggs (2 large eggs and 1 yolk, usually); ½ cup eggs (2 large eggs and 1 yolk, usually); 1¼ cups confectioners’ sugar

Preparation info

About
seventy-two
2 inch cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

The name of these cookies derives from the verb “to squirt,” which Germans use to describe piping with a pastry bag and tube.

Ingredients

¼ pound almond paste
1¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
½

Americas
Europe
United States
Germany
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Set racks on the top and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees.
In a bowl, soften the almond paste with the confectioners’ sugar and half the eggs. Beat in the butter gradually, then gradually add the remaining eggs. Cream all of the ingr