Orange Spritz Cookies

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• colored crystal sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and brown sugar.
• 2 beat in orage peel and extract.
• 3 combine flour and salt.
• 4 gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 5 using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• 6 sprinkle them with colored sugar.
• 7 bake at 375º for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 8 cool for 2 minutes.
• 9 before removing to wire racks.