Italian "Easter" Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

These cookies, with their touch of Fiori di Sicilia, are inspired by an Italian-American cookie made around Easter time. Although normally hand-formed, I was inspired to make these using my "Spritz Press". I decided to make a glaze (recipe from King Arthur Flour) that I drizzled over each cookie and then sprinkled with colored nonpareils. The Fiori di Sicilia is a baking extract that I buy from King Arthur Flour (online). It has notes of citrus and vanilla. You can, of course, use your own favorite extract-- almond, lemon, whatever you like. If you don't own a cookie press, you can use a pasty bag with a large tip to press out your cookies in whatever shapes you like. The traditional shape is more of a round/wreath. Cookie recipe adapted from Fine Cooking. Please click on the recipe source to see how I made these on my food blog, "A Feast for the Eyes".

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