Cookies with a cookie press are delicious and special. For Christmas, I received a Cookie Press as a gift. I had been considering getting one for a while, but never decided to buy it. Once it arrived at home, I couldn’t wait to try it out and make lots of delicious cookies. A simple and perfect recipe to make cookies of various shapes, to decorate as you like. The dough must be soft so it can be easily pressed into the cookie press using different disks. A soft and buttery shortcrust for making the best cookies you’ve ever tasted. They are perfect cookies for dipping in milk at breakfast, but also delightful for afternoon tea. I decorated them with cherries, colorful sprinkles, sugar pearls, and dark chocolate chips. I experimented with the shapes because I was curious to try all the different disks and see how the cookies would turn out. I bet you also have a Cookie Press somewhere in a drawer that you’ve never used, or maybe you used it with little success. Let’s run to the kitchen and prepare the Cookies with the cookie press together
AND DON’T MISS THESE RECIPES TOO:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Portions: For 40 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 329.03 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 36.07 (g) of which sugars 11.51 (g)
- Proteins 4.11 (g)
- Fat 19.65 (g) of which saturated 12.10 (g)of which unsaturated 6.99 (g)
- Fibers 4.23 (g)
- Sodium 63.53 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 80 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Perfect Dough Ingredients for Cookie Press
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 lemon zest (untreated)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 oz chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp colored sprinkles
- 2 tbsp colored sugar pearls
- 12 candied cherries
- 8 smarties
What You Need to Prepare Whipped Shortcrust Cookies
- Cookie Press
How to Prepare Whipped Shortcrust for Cookie Press
Let the butter soften at room temperature for about an hour. Cut the butter into small pieces in a bowl. Add the grated zest of half an untreated lemon, a pinch of salt, and the powdered sugar. Beat with a hand or electric whisk for 2-3 minutes until you have a soft and fluffy butter.
Add an egg and mix. Finally, complete the preparation of the whipped shortcrust by gradually adding the sifted flour and mix well with a spatula. If you want to make Cocoa Cookies, you can replace 20 grams of flour with 20 grams of sifted unsweetened cocoa.
Transfer a portion of dough into the cookie press tube. Choose the disk you want to use. You need to literally shoot the cookies onto a non-oiled and unlined baking sheet. This way, the cookies will stick to the sheet but will detach easily once baked and cooled.
You need to position the cookie press vertically to the sheet and press firmly, even twice for larger cookies. Then lift the cookie press sharply and continue in the same way, placing the cookies slightly apart on the sheet.
Decorate the cookies as you like with smarties, sprinkles, sugar pearls, cherries, or chocolate chips. You can also add jam to the center of the cookies. Once the sheet is filled, leave it in the fridge for 15 minutes. This way, by cooling, they won’t lose their shape during baking.
If you fill 2 sheets, let them cool in the fridge and bake them one at a time, leaving the other in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 356°F (180°C). Bake the Cookies with cookie press in the preheated oven in static mode for 12-14 minutes. They should slightly brown without darkening too much. Let them cool before transferring them onto a tray.
Loredana’s Tips
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The Cookies remain soft and delicious in a container for many days, although they will likely be devoured quickly
In this recipe, you cannot replace butter with oil for a perfect result
If you prefer, you can substitute the lemon aroma with the grated zest of half an untreated orange or with a packet of vanillin
Also read the recipe for my Lemon Cookies
