Mint Spritz Cookies
Servings: 70 cookies
Calories: 36kcal
Mint Spritz Cookies are prepared with a classic spritz cookie dough that has been flavoured with mint extract and coloured with green food colouring. These bite-sized, whimsical cookies are a great addition to cookie platters and cookie boxes for gifting!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon mint extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- green food colouring, optional (see notes)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and the sugar until well combined - about 2 minutes.
- Add the egg and the mint extract. Beat into the butter and sugar mixture until completely incorporated.
- Add the flour and baking powder. Add to the butter mixture and beat until just combined.
- Load the cookie dough into a cookie press which has been fitted with the disc of your choosing.
- Press the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1 inch of space between each cookie.
- Top with a sprinkling of holiday sprinkles and bake for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
In the photographs, you will note the cookies are green and white. I divided the dough in half and added a little bit of green food colouring to one half. The second half was left without colouring. Beat the green colouring into the dough until well incorporated.
When loading the dough into your cookie press, add a mixture of the green and white dough into the cavity and press it down to combine the two colours. Press the dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Top with sprinkles before baking if you wish. Otherwise, the spritz cookies can be baked as is.
This is just an option. You don't have to use food colouring at all or you can colour the dough all green or even red! Have fun with it!
Nutrition
Calories: 36kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 9mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 66IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg