Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2012

The cookies taste wonderful, but they are a pain to make. The dough doesn't go through the press easily, and the cookie sheet must be cold otherwise the dough won't stick as you press it onto the sheet. I thought the baking time was too long as well; I went with 7:15 and they came out perfectly. I doubt I'll be making them again, unfortunately.

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JUANAK

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2011

The dough worked great in my press but lacked flavor (I thought it was just me and my cold). Then my dad asked me why those cookies didn't taste like anything. Maybe more extract would have worked for me.

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JUJUMUFFIN

Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2011

I'm not a big fan of making spritz cookies because they are always such a pain to get to come out of the spritzer. But this dough worked pretty well. The only problem I had was probably the fault of the particular disk I used in my spritzer. Once I changed it, they worked fine. I made two separate batches (one red, one green). The first batch I made exactly as the recipe states, except with butter flavored shortening. For the second batch, I increased the sugar to 1/2 cup because they just didn't seem very sweet, and I added about 4 oz of cream cheese instead of 3 because they were a little crumbly. This all seemed to help. They're pretty good little cookies.

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katieroth

Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2011

They didn't really taste like cookies. More like a biscuit with a slight hint of cheese flavor.

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Lauren

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2011

Made this recipe but added vanilla instead of lemon flavor,no problem. The flavor & texture were really good, my try 1/2 butter 1/2 shortening next time.

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nannabakes

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2011

lacked flavor-

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KWISER

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2010

Loved these! Doubled the recipe, and used full 8oz bar of cream cheese. This recipe was sooo incredibly easy`1 used the lemon extract, even though I was a ittle worried with them going to be xmas cookies, but oh, they were so good. I may try almond extract or vanilla next time, but idk, it was sooo good with the lemon

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hockeymom089

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Warren, Michigan, USA

Living In: Macomb, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2010

I started out following the recipe exactly, but that didn't work out for me. The dough was very crumbly and dry, and wouldn't stick together. I ended up adding another egg yolk and another 1/2 cup of shortening to moisten it up. I also added 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Once I made those changes, the dough was great and had a good flavor. I don't know what went wrong in the first place.

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ARaleigh

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2010

I used butter instead of shortening, and added a little cinnamon, as I remember my mom's recipe calling for those. Delicious, a trip down memory lane with every bite. :) Thanks for posting this!

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CountryMama84

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2010

These turned out wonderfully. Rich, flavorful and the dough is very easy to work with. I also used almond extract because that's what I had on hand. Hint: be sure that your cookie sheet has coolded completely before squeezing out a second batch or the dough won't stick. I used silpat liners which made it really easy for the dough to stick coming out of the press.

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