Spritz Cookies/Swedish Butter Cookies Recipe

For the most part, I've kept my kitchen gadget addiction under control. That is, until I started to see a few blog posts about OXO's Cookie Press. It's been many years since I've made Spritz Cookies. Partly, it's because my 30-year old metal cookie press became separated from some of it's parts. I bought another one, made of clear plastic. I forget the brand, but it broke the first time I used it. Plus, the cookies were okay. But I didn't find them to be anything special.

So, I caved and I bought the cookie press. The cookie press comes with recipes, but I found an America's Test Kitchen recipethat I wanted to try, first. A basic spritz cookie recipe is very simple-- butter, sugar, egg, salt, vanilla and flour. America's Test…