Swedish Spritz (Spritsar) Cookies

Recipe Cuisine: Cookies
Recipe Category: Cookies
Recipe Serves: 96

Recipes Ingredients:

2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 c Sugar
2 ea Egg yolks
1 c Butter
1 ts Almond extract

Recipe Instructions:

Sift together flour and Sugar onto Bread board. Make a well in center and into this drop Egg yolks, Butter and extract. Mix into a smooth dough with finger tips. Force through Cookie press onto ungreased Cookie sheets in O and S shapes. Bake in moderate Oven (375) 8 to 10 minutes. Yield: 8 dozen spritz. (Note: Store cookies in air-tight container. You may want to let them sit a day to "ripen" the almond flavor!)