Recipe: Pepparkakor Spritz (cookie press)

Pepparkakor Spritz (cookie press)
rec.food.cooking/Helen Peagram (1999)

2 cups Pillsbury's Best all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1/3 cup molasses

Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and molasses and beat well. Blend in dry ingredients gradually; mix thoroughly.

Press a small amount of dough through a cookie press onto ungreased baking sheets, using any plate to make desired shape. If desired decorate cookie with cake decorations before baking or frost and decorate after baking.

Bake at 400 degrees 6 to 8 minutes.