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Cardamom Spritz Cookies
Cardamom Spritz Cookies are easy festive little Scandinavian Christmas cookies that will bring instant cheer to your house. Their colorful variety makes an instant holiday cookie assortment, so stamp them out by the dozen, and then watch them disappear!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 85
Calories: 46 kcal
Course:
Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup cold butter, cut in cubes (2 sticks)
- 3 ounces cream cheese (not whipped) softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla paste (substitute vanilla or almond extract)
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and put your cookie sheet in refrigerator to chill.
- Cream the butter and cream cheese together until well blended. Add in the sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla (or almond extract,) beating until light and fluffy.
- Whisk together the flour, salt, and cardamom and slowly add it to the wet mixture, blending just until all the flour is incorporated. Don't over beat.
- Fill your cookie press with dough, and press out onto a cold cookie sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugar or small sprinkles if desired.
- Bake for 10 minutes, or just until set. The cookies will still be pale. Let them cool for 5 minutes on the sheet before tranferring onto a rack. The cookies will be soft but will crisp up as they cool.
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Notes
- You can add more cardamom if you like, but I found that one teaspoon gave the cookies a subtle flavor that actually developed overnight.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
46kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
27mg
(1%)
Potassium
6mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.1g
(0%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
83IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.005mg
(0%)
Calcium
3mg
(0%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 85Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 46
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 46kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 27mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 6mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 83IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.005mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.