Pretty good. I failed miserably in using my grandmother's old cookie press, so I just rolled the dough into small balls, coated them in cinnamon sugar, and then flattened them with the bottom of a waxpaper covered glass.

These are, by far, the best "spritz" cookies I have ever had, and that includes my own mothers'.The orange zest and the cream cheese are absolutely perfect together. Thank you so much for this recipe!!!

I'm very surprised of all the 5 star rates on this cookie. I was slightly too salty and rather tasteless.

Hey,everyone I have to tell you I got this website from a friend of mine and I have to tell you. I'm not a baker! No one could belive I made these. Including myself! They looked picture perfect, and tasted great! That being said I made this recipe and took them to the office for Christmas, they were a HUGE HIT. And trust me if I can make these anyone can!!! Thanx again!

These were awesome! I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out great. I didn't even really notice the orange/cinnamon flavors. This is much better tasting and easier to handle than the recipe that comes with the pampered chef cookie press.

My daughter an I tried to make these cookies. I saut tried because we ended up throwing away the cookies we make, they had very little taste. We could not get the dough to come out of the cookie press it was very very stiff. We both experienced at baking, we've NEVER had an experience like this

This was a really great recipe. I used real butter instead of butter flavored shortening and I used 2 tsp of almond extract in lieu of the 1 tsp of orange and 1 tsp of vanilla. I also sifted my flour, cinnamon, and salt. I have a convection oven so I'm not sure if that's what made the difference, but I found that especially the snowflake shape tended to get brown around the edges any longer than 10 minutes. Will definitely make this again!

The recipe was great - easy to handle (I did use almond extract for the orange zest as several reviewers suggested), and I was looking forward to trying my new cookie press, which - didn't work (defective part). So, I made the best of the situation, and made cookies using a cookie stamp. The taste of the cookies is great, and I iced them with Butter Icing for Cookies (from this site). Next time - I'll use a cookie press, but the stamp was a fine substitute under the circumstances.

Very good recipe. Dough was just the right texture for my cookie press. I did not notice any "aftertaste" like some reviewers describe. The addition of the orange zest was perfect for adding just a little something extra. I followed the recipe as written except that I used butter instead of shortening.

I believe that the issuer may have meant 8 oz. cream cheese.

Great recipe. Do Not leave out the orange zest! What a great flavor!!

Loved the flavor the light orange and hint of cinnamon were great, a nice change from usal shortbread taste. I used real butter, so they were crisp not soft. I will make again and maybe use half shorting for a softer cookie. The orange taste goes great with chocolate.

I've not had good luck with my cookie press in the past, but I was determined to give it another try. This recipe worked wonderful with the press. I made Christmas tree shapes for Christmas cookies. I did use butter in place of the butter flavored shortening per the recommendations of the cookie press manufacturer. I also melted about 10oz of almond bark and dipped the bottoms of the cookies in the melted chocolate. The chocolate really taste great with the orange zest. I will definitely use my cookie press more and this is my cookie press recipe for now on. Thanks for a great recipe!

Better than most but still short of amazing. Dress them up with FROSTING, SPRINKLES, or SUGAR & CINNAMON and they can ride with the best of them!

I am going to make these cookies this weekend and wanted to know if the dough freezes well? Anyone? Thanks in advance!

Perfect texture for spritz. I will make this my standard cookie press recipe for the holidays. Next time I will use less cinnamon and more orange zest.