Cream Cheese Spritz Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
Directions
step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
step 2: In a medium bowl, cream together shortening, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, and lemon extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually mix into the creamed mixture in three additions, mixing well after each. Load dough into a cookie press, and press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
step 3: Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
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