Cinnamon Spritz Cookies

By lindybug

Cookie Press Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 vanilla beans, halved lengthwise
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temp.
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon mixed with 4 tsp granulated sugar
• Cookie Press

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon.

2. Using the tip of a paring knife, scrape vanilla seeds into a large bowl and discard pods. Add sugar and beat with a mixer on med. speed for 3 min. Add butter and beat until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Add flour mixture and beat until just combined.

3. Attach a disk to a cookie press. Divide dough into 3 portions. Fill press with dough. Press cookies onto baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.

4. Bake until barely golden, 9-12 min. Immediately sprinkle cookies with cinnamon sugar. Let cool slightly, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Cookies can be stored up to 1 week.