When I was little - and even not so little - my mum made dozens and dozens of spritz cookies at Christmastime, first with her cookie press, and then with her electric Super Shooter, which speeded up the process considerably. She made three different shapes, and at least six dozen of each one. My brother and I got to help decorate them.
There were green Christmas trees, which we sprinkled with multi-colored nonpareils, and carefully topped each one with a small silver dragée. There were red bells or poinsettias - I think this varied depending on what plates she had for the particular press she was using - that were sprinkled with red sugar. Then there were my favorites: wreaths, formed with the decorative tip. The dough was white, but we sprinkled them with green sugar, and each had a red-hot cinnamon candy pressed on for a bow. I always saved the piece with the candy as a last bite.
Mum hasn't made her spritz cookies in years, but I got to thinking about them recently, and I asked her if she still had the old Super Shooter. When she arrived on Thanksgiving, she arrived bearing not only apple and pumpkin pies, but the Super Shooter as well. I'm going to be trying it out very soon!
3 spoons thrown:
I share your love of spritz cookies...They remind me of my grandmother....and they are super fun to make!
Enjoy and let us see your creations!
My cousin, who died about 15 years ago, always made the Christmas trees. And the Christmas Eve table never seemed the same without them, expecially to her daughter.
Well, she has now started making them herself for Christmas Eve, but for some reason, I can't bring myself to eat one.
Well, that was cheerful. It was meant to be, in that she is carrying on for her mother.
Looove spritz cookies! We always made trees sprinkled with green sugar, flowers sprinkled with red. I will still eat them until I feel sick.
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