Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies Recipe
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Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies are easy and delicious to make in shapes with a cookie press, but they can be made without a press, too! My favorite spritz cookies recipe that is perfect for decorating and sharing!
Looking for more festive treats? You’ll love homemade candies like Peppermint Bark and Peanut Brittle, as well as easy Fudge and snowy white Wedding Cookies (also known as Pecan Sandies or Snowball Cookies)!
Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies are such festive and delicious cookies! This spritz cookies recipe makes cookies that are buttery, so easy to make and hold their shape well. While they taste similar to sugar cookies, they differ from cut out sugar cookies, which are rolled and cut into shapes with cookie cutters, in that they are typically piped through a cookie press. My Chewy Sugar Cookies are made without cutting into shapes and I share how to make my spritz cookies even if you don’t have a cookie press.
One favorite thing about these cookies is decorating them! I like to decorate mine with a simple glaze and sprinkles. They make for a favorite cookie throughout the year, but especially during Christmas on a Christmas Cookie Tray! I can’t wait for you to try them!
Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies
What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Flavor. The delicious rich butter flavor topped with a simple glaze gives these little cookies so much flavor.
Easy to Make. The dough mixes in one bowl and requires no chilling. Cookies are easy to make with a cookie press or without. Simple to decorate if you wish!
Perfect for Gifting. These spritz cookies hold their shape well so they are perfect for shipping to friends and family.
How to Make Spritz Cookies
The spritz cookie dough comes together quickly, is so easy to use, and holds its shape well for baking and sharing.
- Make the Dough
- Make the Cookies – you can use a cookie press or without
- Bake the Cookies
- Glaze the Cookies
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions
This spritz cookie dough does not require chilling before making the cookies. (Chilled dough is harder to press through the cookie press.) But you can make the dough ahead and freeze the cookies as well. These cookies freeze well and taste just as delicious after freezing! You can either freeze cookies after they are baked (plain or glazed) or before baking.
To make ahead the spritz cookie dough – Make the dough as instructed and wrap it well before refrigerating. It will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. When ready to press the dough to make cookies, remove the dough from the fridge and allow it to reach room temperature, then follow the instructions.
To freeze unbaked cookies – Place pressed or formed spritz cookies onto a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet and place into the freezer until the unbaked cookies are firmly frozen, or about 30 minutes. Transfer to an airtight, freezer-safe container layering the unbaked frozen cookies between parchment paper. Freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to bake, thaw completely in the refrigerator. Then follow the instructions for baking and glazing the cookies.
To freeze baked cookies before glazing – Allow the baked spritz cookies to cool completely. Place cookies on parchment paper baking sheet and place in the freezer until firmly frozen, or about 30 minutes. Transfer to an airtight, freezer-safe container layering between parchment paper. Freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to serve, allow the cookies to thaw in the refrigerator. Then follow the instructions for the Spritz Cookie Glaze.
To freeze baked cookies after glazing – Allow the glaze and any other decorations on the cookies to dry completely. Place the cookies on a rimmed baking sheet, cover them in foil or plastic freezer wrap, and place them in the freezer. After the cookies are frozen, or about 30 minutes, remove them from the baking sheet and place them in an airtight, freezer-safe container. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months. When ready to serve, remove from the freezer and thaw in the refrigerator. Serve once the cookies are completely thawed.
Perfect for Gifting
These are great gifts for friends, family, and neighbors, especially during the holidays! They hold their shape well, making them perfect for shipping or packaging in a gift basket.
A nice cookie tray filled with cookies and homemade candy makes a thoughtful and much-appreciated gift. Get a head start on all your holiday baking with my Make-Ahead Favorite Christmas Cookies so that you can be a bit more relaxed during the holidays.
Here’s my Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies recipe. I hope you love them as much as we do!
Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Hand Mixer OR Stand Mixer
Ingredients
Buttery Spritz Cookies
- 1 cup (226 g) butter, softened
- 1 (50 g) egg
- 1 1/4 cups (141.9 g) confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (1.3 g) Kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (7 g) vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 g) almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
Spritz Cookies Glaze
- 1 cup (113.5 g) confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon (14.2 g) milk or half and half
- sugar sprinkles, for decoration
Instructions
Buttery Spritz Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375ยบ F.
- Mix together butter and confectioner’s sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add in egg, salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Gradually incorporate flour until well combined, taking care not to over mix.
- Place in a cookie press fitted with your choice of disc. Press cookies through cookie press onto baking sheet, leaving about 1 1/2 – 2 inches between each cookie. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes and then remove from the oven to cool completely.
Spritz Cookies Glaze
- Arrange a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet. Whisk together confectioner’s sugar and milk until well combined and smooth in a small bowl. Once cookies are cooled, dip each cookie into the glaze and place on the wire rack. Sprinkle with sugar sprinkles as desired and allow to dry completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
Thank you for this recipe! I’ve made spritz cookies before, but the recipe that came with my cookie press didn’t work very well. They tasted good, but for some reason, the cookies from that other recipe didn’t ‘puff up’ at all when they baked, even though I followed their recipe exactly. Many of my cookie press discs come out of the press in individual non-touching shapes that are supposed to come together in pretty designs when the dough bakes. But that other recipe just didn’t work for me – the cookies came out of the oven in exactly the same shape that they went in. The only shapes that DID work were the solid stars and Christmas trees because they came out of the press in one piece. That got boring.
Not only does your recipe taste better, it also worked perfectly with my cookie press! For the first time, those separate pieces came together when the cookies baked…so this year, we had flowers, starbursts, ovals, snowflakes, and other fun shapes. The cookies are pretty and melt-in-your mouth delicious. And I couldn’t believe how quick and easy they were to make! Also, this is the first time I’ve seen a spritz cookie recipe that included a glaze. What a great idea – I wouldn’t have thought of that. It added another level of fun and tastiness. Everybody loved the cookies, and I know i will be making them from this day forward. It’s an awesome recipe – thanks again!
OMG, so delicious I just made these and perfect buttery, almond taste. I did add a touch of butter flavoring to mine as well as the vanilla and almond. Green food coloring for my Christmas trees. Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed these, Kellie! Thanks so much! xo
These cookies are adorable! Would you mind sharing which cookie press you used?
Hi Robyn, I made the glaze for the cookies. I mistakenly added whipped cream to it and used about 3 tablespoons to get it to a thinner consistency. How long can I keep these with the whipped cream glaze?
Thank you Robyn….this dough is a dream to work with. I tried a new one (with a flavor twist) a couple weeks ago and it was a distaster. With the right dough, it’s a breeze! Yours is definitley that! Thank you so very much. C
I’m so glad you are enjoying them, Cindy! I love how easy those little cookies are to make! ๐
Hi I want to make these but don’t have the almond extract. Can I omit it or replace it with more vanilla extract?
I’m going to try this recipe, but was wondering if the almond flavoring can be omitted? I don’t really care for the taste.
I also wonder if these could be made in a shortbread mold?
You can use all vanilla extract to make these.
Hi I don’t have almond extract do I need to use it?
Delicious cookies! So light and buttery.
Can I put preserves on thumbprints? Before or after their baked. And how much?
can you store these in a tin