5 DIY Christmas Gifts to Create and Receive-Christmas Wreath Pressed Cookies
Easy to press and bake butter cookies. Dough is tinted with food gel to create colorful cookies. Garnish with sprinkles, candies or glaze if desired.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 dozen small cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert- Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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3 sticks of softened butter, unsalted preferred
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon clear vanilla or creme bouquet or extract of choice
4 cups all purpose flour
2 to 3 drops Green food coloring gel
Garnish: Sprinkles, red hots, chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In large mixing bowl cream together butter, sugar and salt. Beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs one at a time, continuously beating.
- Add food coloring gel to desired intensity.
- Gradually add flour, beating until combined.
- Place dough in cookie press with desired disk. (wreath) and ( sunflower). Press dough onto un-greased baking sheet. Hold press vertically on baking sheet, then press and lift. ( practice until you get a pretty shaped cookie). Pipe cookies 1 ” apart. Dough will not spread during baking.
- Garnish with Christmas sprinkles, red hots, and chocolate chips if desired before baking. (Chocolate chip as center for sunflower pressed cookie.) Red hots for berries on wreath.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are golden around the edges. Rotate baking sheet halfway at 4 minutes baking time.
- Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes. With spatula remove cookies from baking sheet.
- Arrange cookies on a decorative plate in the shape of a Christmas Tree for gift giving or mixed in a small box.
Notes
Recipe was developed by OXO Test Kitchen with my additions, food gel and Creme Bouquet flavoring,
Find it online: https://lizbushong.com/5-diy-christmas-gifts/