SPRITZ COOKIES

All my sibling loves this crispy and buttery cookies, have been making every chinese new year.It a must in my cookies list. use a good brand butter.

SPRITZ COOKIES

Ingredients;
250g butter (salted)
125g sugar
1 egg yolk
300-340g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
10 red or green candied cherries,cut into small pieces for topping
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method;
cream butter till light and creamy and then gradually add in sugar. Add egg yolk,vanilla essence and mix well. Add all the other dry ingredients and mix gently,using wooden spoon.Next wrap dough in foil and chill in the fridge for about 45 minutes. when ready,place dough in a piping bag fitted with a star shaped nozzle or a cookies maker and pipe cookies onto a lightly greased  tray. Decorate cookies with a cherries on top.  Bake in a preheated oven of 170c till cookies are golden brown.Cool well and store in an airtight container.
Notes; I do not chill the dough in fridge,straight away i pipe the cookies.Make sure the dough is soft to pipe out and the cookies is crispy.when adding the flour,add spoon but spoon until the dough is soft to handle.