4
Chocolate Spritz Cookies
For the chocolate lovers – treat yourself to these simple cookies!
Makes about 120 medium-size cookies
2¼
cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
1
/
3
cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
½ teaspoon
salt
½
pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed and
at room temperatur
e
1
cup confectioners’ sugar
¼
cup packed light brown sugar
1½
tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1 large
egg
1.
Preheat oven to 350°F
.
2.
Put the flour, cocoa powder and salt into a small mixing bowl.
Whisk to combine; reserve.
3.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugars. Using a
Cuisinart
®
Hand or Stand Mixer fitted with the mixing beaters/
paddle, mix until light and creamy
. Add the vanilla and egg; mix
until fully combined. Add the reserved dry ingr
edients and mix on
low, until just combined.
4.
Fit the Cuisinart
®
Electric Cookie Press with desir
ed disc, as
instructed on page 2. Load the cookie dough to the MAX fill line.
Press cookie dough out onto an ungr
eased/unlined baking pan,
about 2 inches apart.
5.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until just set.
6.
Cool cookies before r
emoving from pan.
Nutritional information per cookie:
Calories 29 (50% from fat) • carb. 3g • pro. 0g • fat 2g • sat. fat 1g
• chol. 6mg • sod. 11mg • calc. 2mg • fiber 0g
T oasted Almond Cookies
It is important that the toasted almonds are very finely gr
ound,
or they can clog the cookie press. If you wish, substitute your
favorite variety of nut for the almonds.
Makes about 100 medium-size cookies
2½
cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
½
cup very finely ground toasted almonds
½ teaspoon
salt
1¼
cups (2½ sticks) unsalted butter, cubed and
at room temperatur
e
1
1
/
3
cups granulated sugar
1
teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1
teaspoon pure almond extract
1 large
egg
1.
Preheat oven to 350°F
.
2.
Put the flour, gr
ound almonds and salt into a small mixing bowl.
Whisk to combine; reserve.
3.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and the sugar
. Using
a Cuisinart
®
Hand or Stand Mixer fitted with the mixing beaters/
paddle, mix until light and creamy
. Add the extracts and egg; mix
until combined. Add the reserved dry ingr
edients and mix on low,
until just combined.
4.
Fit the Cuisinart
®
Electric Cookie Press with desir
ed disc*, as
instructed on page 2. Load the cookie dough to the MAX fill line.
Press cookie dough out onto an ungr
eased/unlined baking pan,
about 2 inches apart.
5.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly
golden around the edges.
6.
Cool cookies before r
emoving from pan.
*Note: All cookie press discs can be used, except #2.
Nutritional information per cookie:
Calories 51 (55% from fat) • carb. 5g • pro. 1g • fat 3g • sat. fat 2g
• chol. 9mg • sod. 13mg • calc. 3mg • fiber 0g
