Buttery and spiced with gingerbread flavor, this spritz cookies recipe is a holiday must! Made with a classic cookie press, they’re a fun and festive treat that will add color to your Christmas cookie lineup.
While my chocolate chip cookie is the most popular option, spritz cookies are also an easy-to-make and delicious option. These cookies are small, tasty, and delightfully easy to make. All you need to get started are essential ingredients and a cookie press.
Check out a list of my favorite cookie recipes too!
Why You’ll Love These Cookies
We love that these cookies are not overwhelmingly sweet, more like a little biscuit cookie.
They pair well with coffee, eggnog, or hot chocolate.
They’re fun to make and you can change the shape and make different colors.
The gingerbread spice flavor of these cookies is so good!
Read on to find out what spritz cookies are and to learn our tips for making them.
What Are Spritz Cookies?
A spritz cookie is a small, sweet, delicious cookie. Spritz cookie recipes generally have a basic ingredient list, including butter, sugar, flour, salt, and vanilla.
Since you probably already have these ingredients at home, these cookies are perfect for baking during the holiday season and anytime you want a sweet treat.
You might have noticed that this description of a spritz cookie recipe makes them sound like sugar cookies. The distinction is in how the cookies are shaped.
Spritz cookies are generally shaped using a spritz cookie press; sugar cookies are usually rolled out and then cut with cookie cutters.
Spritz Cookie Ingredients
You’ll need an OXO Cookie Press to make these cookies.
Butter – Organic, unsalted butter.
Brown Sugar – Sweetens the cookies.
Eggs – Adds structure to the recipe.
Vanilla Extract – Enhances the flavors in the recipe.
Molasses – Adds a deep gingerbread flavor.
All-Purpose Flour – We use King Arthur Flour for our recipes.
Ground Ginger, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Cloves
Food Coloring (optional)
Colorful Spritz Cookies
These cookies look so beautiful when they have a little color to them! Use food coloring or natural food coloring to create beautiful colors. We made red and green spritz cookies for Christmas. Here’s how:
- Divide the dough into small bowls.
- Add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl.
- Stir with a spoon until the dough is fully colored.
- Add the colorful dough into a cookie press.
How to Store Spritz Cookies
Spritz cookies can be stored in a container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
How to Freeze Spritz Cookies
Spritz cookies are perfect for freezing. You can freeze baked spritz cookies in a sealed freezer bag or container. They can freeze for up to 3 months.
Spritz Cookie Variations
There are several variations of sprits cookies! Here are some of our favorite ideas:
- Add a dusting of powdered sugar over the top.
- Ganrish the cookies with sprinkles.
- Use pumpkin pie spice instead of gingerbread spice and leave out the molasses for a pumpkin spice spritz cookie.
- Add different flavored extracts like lavender, almond or lemon for unique flavors.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the Secret to Perfect Spritz Cookies?
Here are a few tips to ensure your spritz cookies turn out just right:
- Start with a great recipe. Even the best tools and icing can’t fix a cookie that doesn’t taste amazing from the start, so use a reliable recipe.
- Don’t overbake. Unlike other cookies that get golden brown, spritz cookies should come out of the oven just before they start browning. This keeps them soft and delicious.
- Wait before glazing. Make sure your cookies are completely cool before adding glaze. If they’re warm, the glaze will thin out and slide off. Letting them cool ensures the perfect cookie-to-glaze ratio.
How Do I Stop My Dough from Sticking to the Cookie Press?
Here’s how to avoid sticky dough when using a spritz cookie press:
Don’t stress! If the first few cookies aren’t perfect, just reload the dough and try again. With a bit of practice, you’ll get the hang of it!
Use room-temperature ingredients. Soft butter and a room-temperature egg help create the right dough consistency. Avoid chilling the dough before pressing.
Chill your baking pan. A cold cookie sheet will help the dough stick to the pan rather than the press. You can refrigerate or freeze the pan for a few minutes before starting.
More Holiday Cookies You’ll Love
You will love all of these fun and festive Christmas cookies!
- Mini Gingerbread Houses
- Rosemary Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
- Ho Ho Ho Santa Cookies
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Sugar-Free Sugar Cookies
- Christmas Sugar Cookies
- Best Chewy Ginger Cookies
Now you know all about what a spritz cookie is and how to make spritz cookies. Take this knowledge, your spritz cookie recipe, and your spritz cookie press, and go make some amazing spritz cookies!
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Spritz Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and molasses, and continue to beat on high.
- Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
- With the mixer on low add in the flour, spices, and salt.
- Beat for one minute.
- If you’re making different colors, divide the dough and place it in different bowls.
- Add a few drops of coloring to each bowl and stir with a spoon until combined.
- Next, add the dough into the cookie press and follow the directions listed on the cookie press directions.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and then press the cookies on the lined baking sheet 2″ apart.
- Bake in a 375-degree oven for 6 minutes.
- Let them cool and then devour!
What brand food coloring did you use? I love the depth of color. Thank you!
Hi! I use gel food colorings which helps!
I was skeptical that these would have enough flavor but they’re very good! I didn’t have ginger of all things so I used Chinese 5 spice instead they turned out great!
These delicious spritz cookies are so delicious and PERFECT for the holidays!
Love how beautiful these turned out! Using the spritz cookie press was easy and considering how the holidays is an overload of sugar. It was nice that these weren’t too sweet.