This blog post is from Mom Home Guide’s archive of fantastic Christmas ideas!
A few years ago, I got a fun cookie press for making what’s known as “Spritz” cookies. The press has a small tube that I fill with dough, plus several stainless-steel discs that I can choose from to shape the dough. It is so much fun! Also, in this post, check out the adorable and delicious cookie recipes from my blogging friends!
It turns out that the name spritz for spritz cookies comes from the German word spritzen, which means to squirt, as the dough for these cookies are squirted or pushed out of a cookie press, giving them their beautiful shapes.
My cookie press is from Pampered Chef, but there are lots of great cookie presses available on Amazon, too, like this Cookie Press Set from Oxo. The set includes shapes you can enjoy throughout the year, such as a Christmas tree, snowflake, heart, teddy bear, and a flower. Oxo also has an additional set of cookie press discs you can get to make more shapes, including Santa, a bow, and a snowman. This cookie press is said to arrive before Christmas.
With a cookie press, all you do is fill the press with dough and press out the fun cookie shapes! My press can make cookies in several different shapes. Check out this post from The Spruce Eats on how to best use a cookie press. A cookie press is a fun way to make Christmas cookies! I plan to make some this holiday!
My press comes with a few discs that I can swap out to make various cookie shapes. For this recipe, I chose to use a swirl disc and a Christmas-tree disc.
I used my KitchenAid Mixer to mix up my dough—my KitchenAid makes preparing all my baking recipes so much easier! I added a few drops of green food coloring to my dough for the Christmas tree cookies, and a few drops of yellow to the dough for my swirl-shaped cookies. (I split my dough into two batches.)
These cookies are not difficult at all to make and look so pretty! Follow the recipe below to make your own Christmas spritz cookies.
Try My Friends’ Christmas Cookie Recipes!
Gingerbread Cup Hanger Cookies—Our Good Life
Cutout Powdered Sugar Cookies—All Things Bread
Gingerbread Biscotti—Tikkido
