Fresh Orange Spritz Cookie Wilton Recipes

FRESH ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIE (WILTON)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 2. In mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and orange juice.
• 3. Mix in flour, orange rind and optional pecans.
• 4. Mix just until combined. Dough should be soft but not sticky.
• 5. Shape dough into small logs and place in Cookie Press.
• 6. Using desired disk, press shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 8. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet on rack.
• 9. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on rack.

SPRITZ ORANGE CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream the shortening. Gradually add the sugar and the orange juice. Cream well. Beat in the egg and the orange rind.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture a little at a time. Fill cookie press and form cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.

CLASSIC SPRITZ COOKIES (WILTON)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• 2. In bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
• 3. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, milk, vanilla and almond extract; mix well.
• 4. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture; beat until combined. Do not chill.
• 5. Fill cookie press with dough and with desired disks, press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet on cooling rack. Remove from sheet; cool completely.

CLASSIC SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
• Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
• Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the shortening and granulated sugar, mixing on medium speed for about 30 seconds. Add the baking powder and mix until combined, about 10 seconds. Mix in the egg replacer, vanilla, orange zest, and orange juice until combined, about 30 seconds.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour mix, xanthan gum, and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed until combined.
• Pack the dough into a cookie press. Place the face of the press firmly down on an ungreased baking sheet. Press out a cookie. Space the cookies about 1 inch apart. Decorate with colored sugar.
• Bake for 8 minutes in the center of the oven, or until the cookie edges are firm but not brown. Cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
• The key to perfect spritz cookies is mastering a cookie press. Try the Wilton Comfort Grip Cookie Press (www.wilton.com). The rule: a single press, a pretty cookie. (A double press makes a messy blob.) Test-press a few cookies to get the knack of it, and to get the dough moving. Then you're off and pressing!
• If the dough is too soft (if it's a very warm day, this may happen), put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to firm it up. But please note, under normal conditions, this dough does not call for chilling.
• Also, make sure your baking sheets aren't warped. If you're baking sheets aren't flat, your cookie press will rebel.

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and brown sugar.
• Beat in orage peel and extract.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Sprinkle them with colored sugar.
• Bake at 375º for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool for 2 minutes.
• before removing to wire racks.

GRANDMA'S SPRITZ PRESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix butter, sugar, extract, salt, and egg together (I recommend a Kitchen Aid).
• Slowly add flour to the wet ingredients.
• Add food coloring (if desired)
• Load dough into cookie press.
• Press cookies onto cookie sheet.
• Decorate.
• Bake a 400 degrees for 7-10 minutes.
• Cookies will not brown when done.