Spritz Cookies

Always a favorite at our house. A rookie mistake to note and avoid is to put the spritz on an ungreased baking sheet (this also means no parchment paper)--the butter will do the greasing for you....

Spritz Cookies: 

Ingredients

2 cups butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 teaspoons almond (or peppermint) extract
red/green food coloring as desired

Instructions:

cream butter and sugar together
add eggs
add flour and salt
finally, add extract
place into cookie maker and "spritz"
bake at 350 for 8 min