Cream Cheese Spritz recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

61.3 calories
carbohydrate: 5.9 g
cholesterol: 8.3 mg
fat: 3.8 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 0.8 g
saturatedFat: 1.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 39.6 mg
sugar: 1.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  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.

  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.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

This recipe was given to me many years ago. Try using orange extract for a flavor twist.

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