Buttered Snowmen

Classic Spritz Cookies

Made: December 15, 2011

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks); softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- Colored sugar/sprinkles (optional)

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy (3 minutes)
- Add egg and vanilla; beat well
- Add flour, mix on low speed just until blended (dough will be soft; do not refrigerate)
- Fill cookie press with dough (you should already have the disk you want in place)
- Press onto cookie sheet 1 inch apart
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown
- Cool cookies for 2 minutes on cookie sheet before moving to a cooling rack.

My butter was so soft, I had to scrape it off the wrapper. :x But it mixed very easily. The dough tasted odd before I baked it, but once it came out of the oven ... they melted in your mouth! :D I'm very pleased with how they came out. And as you can tell from my picture, they didn't last very long :) They remind me of when my Mom-Mom used to make them for us <3

(Recipe from: Pampered Chef)