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Spritz Cookies




I recently tried making Vanessa Romero's Spritz Cookies.  Although they were delicious, they completely flattened in the oven!  After a little experimentation, this is the recipe I came up with using hers as my inspiration.  Thank you, Vanessa, for bringing a childhood favorite back to my family! 






Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 c. Blanched Almond Flour
  • 1 1/8 c. Gluten-Free Flour Blend
  • 1/4 c. Unmodified Potato Starch
  • 1/2 tsp. Aluminum-Free Baking Powder
  • 1/2 c. Butter, Softened
  • 1/2 c. granulated sugar (Vanessa writes that she prefers Swerve or Birch Xylitol for sugar-free.)
  • 1 pastured egg
  • 1 Tbsp. Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • 3/4 tsp. Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 tsp. Almond Extract
  • Granulated Sugar for topping (I haven't tried these yet, but I love that they're naturally colored.)
Tools:
  • Cookie Press
  • Baking Sheet
  • Silpat
  • Spray Bottle filled with purified water
Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
  2. In a bowl, blend almond flour, gluten-free flour blend, potato starch, and baking powder.
  3. In your standing mixer, cream together butter and sugar or sugar-free sweetener. 
  4. To the creamed butter, add egg, milk, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
  5. Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture until combined.  You want the consistency of your dough to be firm, almost as firm as a cookie dough, but not so firm that it won't push through your cookie press.
  6. Fill the cookie press with the dough and press cookies onto a baking sheet.  (I use a Silpat).
  7. Bake for about 10 minutes.  You want the cookies to just barely start turning brown on the bottom.
  8. After removing the cookies from the oven, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.  
  9. Spritz each cookie with water and then sprinkle with granulated sugar.
These cookies freeze really well.