Mar 19, 2010

Basic Cookie Dough - Spritz Cookies

To prepare for this recipe, I watched a quick tutorial on-line on how to use a cookie press cause I’m such a rookie. It was helpful and thanks again to Sharon for lending me another baking tool! The dough was so simple to prepare but I have been cursed a couple of times messing up the rather easy recipes. This one didn’t avoid the curse. I accidentally grabbed the wrong teaspoon and added double the amount of salt – yuck, yuck, yuck. An unrecoverable error! On to batch two – perfect but not enough time to bake so into the fridge to wait.

At 10 pm, I stuck my cookie sheets in the refrigerator for 5 minutes prior to pressing out cookies. Apparently, this trick helps the cookies stick to the pan for easy release. I re-whipped the dough to get it back to a soft consistency. It only took me a couple of minutes to figure out how to press out cookies and they came out so cute and charming. I didn’t spend much time decorating these as I am not fully recovered from the painted Sour Cream cookies.

Danielle "Phoebe"

5 comments:

  1. I REALLY like the chocolate chips in the middle of the cookies - I've never tried that before! Did you add them after they came out of the oven?

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  2. Phoebe,
    These are wonderful. Such cute little shapes. Nice job on the spritzer. Sorry about the salt mishap.
    Danielle G.

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  3. Actually, I added the chocolate chips before they went into the oven and surprisingly they didn't melt down.

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  4. Phoebe, again I am impressed by your ingenuity, the tutorial was a great idea and I love the chocolate chip in the middle. Chilling the baking sheet is a great idea because sometimes mine wouldn't stick. It's always fun for me to learn something new. Lovely job as always.
    L. Sharon

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  5. Sorry you didn't avoid the salt curse, Phoebe. You recovered nicely and your cookie shapes came out beautifully. Theresa G.

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