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Swedish Spritzs

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"This was a cookie we always had at Christmas to celebrate a Swedish tradition." — Gertrude Ramsey

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Original recipe makes 2 dozen Change Servings

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 pinch salt
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

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Directions

Combine butter or margarine, sugar, egg, almond extract, and salt. Cream together well. Add 1 1/4 cup sifted flour. Mix thoroughly.
Place dough in cookie press, and make long strips. Place on cookie sheet that has been lightly sprayed with oil.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) . Check at eight minutes. It will take at least ten minutes to cook. Bake until slightly brown. Cut into two or three inch cookies as soon as taken from the oven. If baked on an air bake cookie sheet, cooking will take a few minutes longer.

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I liked the TASTE of these cookies, but when I took them out of the oven, all the cookies combined into one VERY thin cookie, and they stuck to the sheet! Well, I suppose it was my fault. I probably just didn't put on enough oil. Besides, they WERE delicious, and they didn't last two hours in my house! These taste good, but you should put more oil on the cookie sheets. Also, I only had 1 teaspoon of almond extract, so I used that and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to go with it. As I said, tasted great!

—Kate

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Dec 24, 2002

The flavor is great but the dough wasn't stiff enough to extrude properly thru the spritz machine and when cooked they flatened out. I think there was a typo in the recipe as I have a similar recipe that calles for same butter, 2/3 c. sugar and 2 1/4 c. flour. I'm going to try it again and add another cup of flour.

—DLHERRING

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13 Ratings

Oct 18, 2007

I made the dough to take to my granddaughter to use with her cookie press. It stuck to the press and ran all over the pan into 2 big cookies--what a mess and disappointment for her-she's 6 yrs old. She thought they tasted good but I have never had a failure like this with any cookie and I've made several milion!!

—bobbie

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Dec 22, 2005

Dough not nearly stiff enough...when you put cookies in oven to bake they just melt right off the sheet into one big mess...dont even waste your time making this!

—pamjc

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Dec 20, 2002

A good spritz cookie

—ELMOSS

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Dec 22, 2010

I think there is an error in the amount of flour to add.

—Dale Susan

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Dec 13, 2010

I always make these cookies. But I use 2 C flour. That seems to work for me

—Judy

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Dec 13, 2010

They looked great BEFORE we cooked them, but when we got up from the couch to check them, they had all melted into one big cookie and was dripping of the pan. Also, they were about an eighth of an inch thick. It was such a dissapointment... no cookies for the neighbors! I checked a cuple of other spritz receipes and theirs had at least 2 more cups of flour! NEEDS MORE FLOUR!

—jdprokop

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Nutrition

Calories
255 kcal
13%

Carbohydrates
26.6 g
9%

Cholesterol
58 mg
19%

Fat
15.9 g
24%

Fiber
0.4 g
1%

Protein
2 g
4%

Sodium
147 mg
6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Swedish Spritzs

Serving Size: 1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 255
Calories from Fat: 143

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 15.9g 24 %
** Saturated Fat 9.9g 49 %
Cholesterol 58mg 19 %
Sodium 147mg 6 %
** Potassium 24mg < 1 %
Total Carbohydrates 26.6g 9 %
Dietary Fiber 0.4g 1 %
Protein 2g 4 %
Sugars 16.7g
** Vitamin A 10 %
** Vitamin C 0 %
** Calcium 1 %
** Iron 7 %
** Thiamin 11 %
** Niacin 9 %
** Vitamin B6 < 1 %
** Magnesium 1 %
** Folate 15 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.