Recipe: Cookie Press Cookies (9)

COOKIE PRESS COOKIES
Source: Women's Day Magazine.

1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sifted flour

Cream butter, adding sugar gradually; beat until light. Add egg and flavoring; mix well. Add sifted dry ingredients. At this point, the dough can be divided and food coloring mixed in. Fill cookie press with dough and shape on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on racks. When completely cool, cookies can be dipped in melted chocolate then into jimmies or ground nuts to decorate.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES--COOKIE PRESS
1 c Butter
3 oz Cream cheese
1 c Sugar
1 Egg yolk
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Lemon extract
1 ts Vanilla*
1/2 ts Salt
*almond OR lemon extract.
Beat butter & cream cheese well. Add remaining ingredients, mix well. Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 min. Till light brown.

MOM'S COOKIE PRESS SHORTBREAD

1 c Brown sugar, sifted
2 c Butter
4 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Cornstarch
1/2 c Icing sugar

Mix well, put in cookie press and put cookies on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 approx 20 minutes. Cookies should not brown too much.

BUTTER COOKIES- COOKIE PRESS

1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons water
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons water

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolks, 2 tablespoons water, flour, salt and vanilla. Chill the dough. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Fill the cookie press and shape the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush the top of each cookie with the egg whites mixed with 2 tablespoons of the water. Decorate as desired. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) until the cookies are golden brown on top, about 10 minutes.

COOKIE PRESS COOKIES

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cups sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Stir together all dry ingredients; rub in the butter to the size of hazelnuts. Stir in the egg and vanilla until combined. Chill for at least 30 minutes. Put the dough through the press and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

JELLO COOKIE PRESS COOKIES

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 (3 ounce) package fruit flavored gelatin mix
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (1 ounce) package fruit flavored gelatin mix

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Sift flour with baking powder. Cream margarine; gradually add sugar and gelatin and cream well. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture; mix until smooth. Force dough through cookie press onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with gelatin. Bake for about 12-13 minutes or until golden brown at the edges.

DANISH COOKIE PRESS COOKIES

1 1/2 c butter
1 cup sugar.
1 beaten egg
1 tsp. vanilla.
4 cups of flour

Cream butter and sugar together: Beat in egg and vanilla. Add approximately 4 cups of flour and combine to make a stiff dough. Run through cookie press using large star disk. Bake in moderate oven.

CARAMEL COOKIES - COOKIE PRESS

3 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup crisco shortening
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

SIFT flour, salt and soda. Cream shortening and gradually add the both sugars. Gradually add the flour mixture. Fill the cookie press and form cookies on a ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 10 to 15 mins.

LEMON TREATS (FOR COOKIE PRESS)

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon soda
2 1/4 cups flour

Cream shortening and sugar. Add lemon juice and rind, and beaten egg. Add flour which has been sifted with soda and salt. Force through cookie press to form fancy shapes. Bake in Moderate oven (375 F.) 10 to 12 minutes.