Special equipment required: a cookie press! These may be the underdogs of your cookie platter, but what they lack in splendor they make up for in Christmas spirit. Little green wreaths and trees galore! —Kendra Vaculin
These adorable spritz butter cookies will find their place on your dessert table every holiday season. The recipe does require a cookie press, but investing in one will be well worth it here, and you can read more about why below. And you probably have most of the ingredients already. Making these cookies couldn't be easier, and you'll please both kids and adults alike. Whatever shapes or colors you like, the possibilities are endless.
Kendra Vaculin, who developed this recipe, wrote about why she loves these cookies so much and why you should make them too: "Once all of the other cookie offerings have been exhausted, my family falls upon the pile of wreath- and tree-shaped bits left over on the platter, only to find that it’s impossible to stop. Right. This is why we make these. They are relatively plain and a bit off-puttingly verdant, but also crisp, buttery, addictive, and small enough to justify eating a forest’s worth.
"I’ve never had a Christmas without spritz cookies, and even as our dessert platter gets cooler and less traditional each year, I don’t think I’ll ever let one pass without making sure the little green guys are included."
She knows that her own kids will be continuing the cookie press tradition, with imperfectly shaped trees and wreaths, no matter what new and fun cookies hit the scene every Christmas. It may be a generational tradition you can start in your family, just like Kendra's. We can't wait to read about the shapes you come up with too. —The Editors
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