Classic Spritz Cookies........from The Pampered Chef

You will need a cookie press to do this recipe.

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
      ( do not use vegetable oil spreads)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Colored sugar or sprinkles
  

1       Preheat oven to 375 F.  Beat butter on medium speed
        until creamy.  Add sugar, egg, and vanilla.  Beat 
        well.  Add flour, 1 cup at a time.  Mix well.  Dough 
        will be soft.  Do not refrigerate. 
        
2       Fill cookie press, fitted with disk of your choice.
        Press dough onto cookie sheet 1 inch apart.  Decorate 
        cookies with colored sugar or sprinkles.

3       Bake 10-12 minutes or until firm, but not browned.  Cool 
        2 minutes.  Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.  

        Yeild 6-7 dozen cookies. 
                 
        
        
Serving 2 cookies: cals 120,fat 7 g, sodium 70 mg, fiber 0g

Variation: Decrease flour to 3 cups.  Increase sugar to 1 1/4 cups.  
Add 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder to flour mixture.