Recipe: Spritz Cookies

Hi Debi;
This is the recipe my daughter uses and we all love her spritz cookies.

SPRITZ COOKIES WITH CANDIED CHERRIES
1 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
72 quartered candied red and green cherries (approx.)


Directions:
1 Cream together butter and confectioner's sugar in bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in egg, egg yolk and almond extract; blend well.
2 Gradually stir flour into creamed mixture, mixing well.
3 Fit flower crown design into cookie press. Place 1/2 of the dough in cookie press at a time, forcing dough through press, about 1 inch apart, on ungreased baking sheets.
4 Place 1/4 of a red or green candied cherry in center of each. Bake in 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven oven 7-10 minutes or until set but not browned. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks.
Makes 6 dozen