hello everyone! this is the very first post for me at this forum! this place seems so great, lots of good info, and everyone is SO experienced. i totally suck and really need to become better at baking! esp w/ christmas and a lot of my friend's birthdays coming up lol. anyways. i bought a pampered chef cookie press and follow betty crocker's spritz cookie recipe from http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeId=36660
and oh my gosh they sucked. they're seriously the worst cookie i've ever tasted. it tasted really "flour-y", really plain, and it was really hard too. they looked pretty.. but tasted so bad i threw them all away does anyone know whY?! should there be some.. baking powder or something? or.. anyone would like to share a good spritz cookie recipe w/ me?! (but is it even necessary to use spritz cookie recipes? can't i just use normal cookie recipes as long as theres no chocolate chip or oatmeal or anything hard)
thank you so much in advance everyone. much much appreciate ur help
The Ultimate Spritz
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
Food color, if desired
Currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired
1. Heat oven to 400ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
2. Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
3. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.
and oh my gosh they sucked. they're seriously the worst cookie i've ever tasted. it tasted really "flour-y", really plain, and it was really hard too. they looked pretty.. but tasted so bad i threw them all away does anyone know whY?! should there be some.. baking powder or something? or.. anyone would like to share a good spritz cookie recipe w/ me?! (but is it even necessary to use spritz cookie recipes? can't i just use normal cookie recipes as long as theres no chocolate chip or oatmeal or anything hard)
thank you so much in advance everyone. much much appreciate ur help
The Ultimate Spritz
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
Food color, if desired
Currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired
1. Heat oven to 400ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
2. Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
3. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.