I got a cookie press for Christmas when I was around 10 years old. I loved making spritz cookies and I still have the press 60 years later! I haven't used it in years but I think I'll break it out this weekend. Thanks John!
I love the way stuff was made before, it was made to last not get replaced. I had several vintage appliances including a hand-crank ice cream machine that was a wooden bucket on the outside, unfortunately when my dad passed away when I was younger a lot of that stuff was lost.
I never comment on videos. This recipe is legit. I have a 60 year old electric cookie press that belonged to my mother. I have been using a recipe from an old cookbook for 20 years that usually gets me mixed results after a lot of yelling at my cookie press. I decided to try something new this year. Followed the recipe exactly as written and it every cookie came out on the first try. Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
First I LOVE your style of teaching. You make it fun. Now on to cookies. When we first married my husband would gobble these up as soon as I had them made.. He loved them, so I made them often. Sadly we lost him this past June to cancer...however I will be making these cookies to give out to friends. And who knows, maybe heaven has a Spritz cookie bakery . If it does I am certain he is their best customer.
My son and I made these every year when he was a kid. We still do when we're able to be together for Christmas baking (he lives in San Diego; I live in Oregon). One year, I had run out of sprinkles, so I mixed up some cinnamon and sugar to use instead. He liked them so well I have to do some with cinnamon and sugar every year for him. Brings back happy memories. Thanks for always making me smile!
This is AWESOME! I've had a cookie press for maybe 10 years or longer, never used it because..just because. I thought of getting rid of it several times but thought the day would come that I want to use it and thanks to John, it'll probably be this weekend!! Thanks John!!
My mom had her mom's crank-handle cookie 'press' (early 1900's) and passed it down to me. I recently passed it on to my niece who was super close to my mom & loves to cook & bake & she loves it!
I fortunately have an electric cookie press that was purchased by my mom 50 years ago for making spritz cookies! Planning on making these cookies this holiday season. Thanks John!
I've had a cookie press for many years. Last time I used it, the cookies spread all over the place and I was disappointed and never used it again. I will try your recipe now and my cookie press. I trust you! Thank you
Hello John. I haven’t made these Spritz Cookies in several years but you have encouraged me to dust off my Presses (I have 4) and make these for my Christmas dinner using your recipe. My husband and I greatly enjoy watching your shows and we always get some wonderful ideas and short-cuts. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family and we wish you all the best in the New Year.
I spent the weekend before Christmas at a friends farm several years back, and his mom baked a ton of these for us to decorate/eat. Different shapes, tons of sprinkles, and colored icings. Never made these before, so it was such a fun experience for me. She then packed them up for us to take back home.. Good times. 🥲
My Grandma use to make these at christmas. All diffrenrt colors and shaps. Love em have no had em in over 10 years, After she passed no one made them. This year I am going to hopfully they taste like hers.
My favorite Christmas cookie to make. It’s not Christmas without them! My moms recipe calls for adding evaporated milk and the flavor is exquisite. Recipe from back in the 60’s or earlier. I love old recipes.
I have my mom’s cookie press it’s older than I am, which, I must admit, is quite old. Lol. I watched with interest to see if your recipe matched hers and they were very different. My mom’s calls for a mixture of butter and cream cheese. Her recipe also calls for a teaspoon of orange zest, and a touch of cinnamon - vanilla extract only. My mom’s recipe is AMAZING! You just can’t eat one of these cookies. Her recipe was called Snowflakes and it came with the original press. I love your videos. So much baking to do. So little time. 😊❤️
I make these every year. I have gone through a few presses over the years. These are my sister's favorites and she has been known to use them as "spoons" for cool whip. I'll be making them later this week. Doing something every night to build up my stash for gift giving. Last night was choc chip w/walnut and tonight is my grandma's roll and cut sugar cookies (we will decorate them on Christmas day). Right now it's all about baking and freezing!
I adore you! I bet you are a fun Dad. I imagine as your kids grow they will love to spend time in the kitchen with you and your partner too. Have a fabulous Christmas holiday.
Love Spritz, they're one of my favorites to make and give as gifts. I have my Mom's cookie press from the '50's and my favorite disc to use is the little gingerbread man.
My favorite too! I do half batter almond extract and half vanilla. My mom had the old metal copper press. I would love to see you do more of these retro type holiday cookies, like the ones from the Betty Crocker Cooky Book from the 60's. Happy holidays to you and your family!
I have colored a little dough red and piped it with uncolored dough using a tip that makes the cookies look like variegated poinsettias. Merry Christmas!
Oh! Me too!! Spritz cookies are my favorite. I prefer vanilla and lemon flavorings. My favorite classic shape is the tree. I recently bought a set of Russian icing tips. Wow....I can crank out hundreds of little rosebud cookies out of 1 batch. For extra fun I stripe the bag with food color. My rose buds look artistic and professional. Thank you for your videos . I appreciate your kind manner.
Omg I remember making spritz cookies in home ec class! I had bought a cookie press years ago and made spritz cookies at home once but haven’t made them since. They are easy and fun to make so I think I’ll try making them again this year. Thank you for the recipe!
My absolute favorite holiday cookie. Our sitter would make these and other cookies every years for Christmas, they were the best cookies, ever. My siblings still talk about them decades later. Thanks for the video, and Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family.
I have my grandmother’s copper cookie press… they are my son’s FAVORITE cookies ever. It’s funny how impressed everyone is when they receive them, they are so simple to make.
I just made these!!!!thank goodness one recipe makes 100cookies they are an all time favorite of our families,especially during the holidays..they freeze well too
I just made cherry pie bars with this type of cookie bottom, cherry pie filling, some more cookie batter placed on top and drizzled with almond glaze.... Sooo good especially chilled!!
Oddly, I just made cherry pie bars this evening too. They’re cooling, but later I’ll drizzle them with powdered sugar drizzle icing (I use bourbon instead of milk) and then sprinkle with slivered toasted almonds.
i’m so happy i finally know how to use a cookie press! my grandmother gifted me hers i believe she got it in the 50s, it’s the older crank version but i’m so excited to try this out for the holidays!!!
Spritz are one of my favorite cookies too. I made your pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving and now I have a request to make it again for Christmas. It is very yummy!!
This was the preferred cookie of our Christmas household! We seed the bar turned on its Sid for ribbon cookies! Then we glazed them with a light brush on milk glaze. Day 2 we go back and decorate elaborately. My mom started it when I was a child. My baby just had her first baby so it will be fun this year!!
This channel is so awesome. I don’t make 99% of the recipes and yet I still love tuning in. Brightens my day instantly when I see a new vid in my inbox. You have a gift, John. Thanks!
Spritzkuchen. One of our family traditions. Thank you for helping to spread the word. Easy delicious little cookies! Now if you make kringla I’ll be in heaven! My favorite shape is round. Hubby like the Christmas tree.
Literally was saying I wish John would make a spritz cookie recipe video and ten seconds later voilà I received the notification!! Thank you so much these look amazing and can’t wait to try them with my vintage cookie press!! Happy holidays everyone!! 🎄
My grandmother made these every year. I actually have one of those presses. It was gifted at a secret Santa. Never used it because I never learned. Still have no idea why I never got rid of it. I'm not a fan of baking. But, I give it a go every Christmas. May try these.
I almost didn’t watch because my cookie press is in storage in Colorado and I am in France. However, so glad I did! I will try with my piping tips-that I did bring-and use the sprinkles a friend brought me from NYC. Oh the joys of baking treats from my past in France.
Used to make these with my mom every year for Christmas. She gave me her cookie press a few months ago and now there's this video so I guess this means I have to make some spritz cookies!
I use the same recipe and make plain, red and white spritz in different designs. One suggestion though, I use the silicon baking pads and they come out perfectly. Like you said no parchment paper, and no wax paper. I didn’t have much luck pressing the cookies directly on to the baking sheet. They seem to stick too much. I love decorating the cooks with all the different sprinkles and crystals. I also use the coloring gel because it’s thicker. If you use too much of the drops the dough can be too liquid and not hold together properly.
This year I decided to give out cookies to friends. I tell everyone I give them to that they are your recipes. Your sugar cookie recipe has become a tradition in my house.
These look entirely different from the ones we make in Germany, but also so, so delicious... and beautiful too! 🎄🤶🎄 Thank so much you for ALL your great videos and recipes! 🙏🍀
@@Ms7of8 Hi, thanks for your answer - and your question! I hope I‘ll be able to to describe the differences in a way that will help you to get the right picture... which includes using the right vocabulary... Hope I will manage... When we make „Spritzgebäck“ we usually use either a piping bag (the dough has to be a little softer) or - more old old-fashioned - a grinding machine with a special attachment for spritz cookies (you‘d want a more solid dough for that one). My mother‘s recipe which I usually use is well adjusted for these machines. The typical German shapes for spritz are horse shoes, rings, stick-shapes or S-shapes. When you use a grinding machine you form the cookies (we call them „Plätzchen“ in contrast to all-year cookies which would be „Kekse“) in one hand while using the other one to work the machine. There are recipes with or without nuts (my mother‘s uses ground hazelnuts), even some with marzipan or nougat, with or without chocolate glaze. We usually don‘t use food coloring or extra toppings, but the „modern bakers“ are open to many variations! So the basic recipe on this video is indeed similar to several of the various recipes we know in Germany. The difference is mainly in the shapes and little extras. I‘m a rather nostalgic person, so I love to use my late mother‘s recipe. She always started the Christmas baking season with it, and I love to follow that tradition... All the best, take care, and enjoy this wonderful season! 🎄🍀🎄
@@hrbooksmusic7878 Thank you for your in-depth reply and for edifying me in the traditional ways to make these cookies. How wonderful you still have your late mom's utensil to make them. Your English and articulation are beautiful -- thanks again. Have a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!🌲✌🕉
@@mamziemay1575 Thank you so much for your kind words! Strange as it may sound, coming from a person I do not even know (and I‘m sure you must be a great person!) they mean even more to me!!! All the best to you and your family! 🍀🍀🍀 Enjoy this wonderful time! 🎄🎄🎄 (May I ask you whether you are American...?)
@@hrbooksmusic7878 You are so sweet! Yes, I am from the States. The time and place where I grew up, we had many immigrants from Europe and Eastern Europe. One of the bakeries in my neighborhood was German. After Sunday mass, my mom would take us to the German bakery and let us select any, one only, cookie we would like. It was very special because my parents were very strict with sweets. I always chose the spritz (Spritzgebäck) cookies. Other than the holidays, when the spritz cookies would look more like the ones John makes (and I make those too with my press!) the cookies appeared to be piped, not from a press. There was a choice of plain or ones with chocolate sprinkles. Thanks again for your description of the authentic Spritzgebäck cookies. May you have a happy and blessed Holiday!
Thank you for the inspiration. I will finally break out my cookie press that hasn't seen the light of day for at least 5 years! Also, the video of your adorable boys making the banana muffins is cuteness overload!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your lovely family! 🎄
I mrake my spritz cookies with cream cheese and lemon extract or powdered lemon peel!! Then I put a small dollop of raspberry jam in the middle of the wreath shape. Delicious!!
The cookies look aesthetically pleasing... Would love to have some but I haven't seen anything similar to the cookie press you are using..! Great efforts 🌟
I make an eggnog version of spritz cookies that are just delicious! Every year I make Christmas trees with a glaze and sprinkles, wreaths and flowers with candied cherries, and candy canes dipped in chocolate with chocolate sprinkles. The candy canes are always the first ones gone.
I love spritz cookies too John! They are so beautiful and tasty! I use almost the exact same recipe, except I do 1/2 a cup of sugar instead of 3/4 so that they are slightly more buttery and I just use the almond and not the vanilla because I like the almond flavor to stand out in a spritz cookie. However I do use vanilla extract in many things just like you John.
I no longer have a cookie press. So I rolled them in a ball and smushed them down with the bottom of a cup. Have to get another cookie press. But they turned out great. My fav cookies 💕💗💞
Since I was raised with swedish traditions which spritz cookies is part of those traditions. My mom would make 3 batches green red and white. She would let us roll them and make wreaths and candy canes
I have been making a recipe from a magazine I found years ago. I use a jam and chocolate mix to sandwich them together. My recipe uses blanched almonds. They are so yummy and my favorite cookies. Thanks for sharing. I may try some of your ideas. I do like to add these cookies to neighbor cookie boxes. And I love them in my cookie jar too. Happy Holidays!
Hi John 👋, thank you so much for the cookie inspiration and other baking dreams! I truly enjoy watching and learning from your channel, plus I'm sure my kids will love the outcome!
My mom always made these for christmas! Your trees look almost exactly like hers! Same sprinkles, except ours are waaaaaayyyyy more green! I'm making mine right now!
I will be busy making batches of these this weekend John…..actually have my moms vintage 1970’s electric cookie press. Giving cookies out as gifts to friends…….if I don’t eat them all myself first 😋lol.
I’ve seen those cookie presses in stores and always wondered what exactly they were for. Thank you! Dude your videos have so many cool little tricks for baking. Watching you had really upped my baking game.
Love it they are so cute I do not have and can not find a cookie press I was wondering @PreppyKitchen can you roll out spritz cookie dough and use shaped cookie cutters?
Love! Love! Love! ❤️ My Auntie made these every year and it brings back such fond memories. Thanks John! 🤗❤️ I just moved close to my grandsons and this is the first Christmas that we are close and everything is unpacked. I’m going to get out my spritz maker and make some memories with my grandsons. 😁🎄🎅🏼
You're like a cookie scientist!! I love your channel, website, and am going to try your icing recipe. I found your website when I was looking for an icing recipe and now see all of these amazing looking recipes. I'm going to love cooking your recipes. I think!
I so enjoy cooking love baking with love and giving to everyone throughout the year and iv not been able to for while I hope to have a awesome kitchen someday and cook a lot of love thanks I made these many times!🌸✨🙏🤗☕️
Hi. I just recently found your Channel and I really like the atmosphere in your Videos. My daughter loves watching them. We are going to be making 2 of your cookie recipes this weekend. Thanks 😊
I got a cookie press for Christmas when I was around 10 years old. I loved making spritz cookies and I still have the press 60 years later! I haven't used it in years but I think I'll break it out this weekend. Thanks John!
I have a cookie press I’ve used for 50 years and I still love it.
Woah! That's incredible. Are they made of metal to last that long?
They’re easy to make, and nice that they’re bite sized.
I love the way stuff was made before, it was made to last not get replaced. I had several vintage appliances including a hand-crank ice cream machine that was a wooden bucket on the outside, unfortunately when my dad passed away when I was younger a lot of that stuff was lost.
I got one for Christmas this year!
I never comment on videos. This recipe is legit. I have a 60 year old electric cookie press that belonged to my mother. I have been using a recipe from an old cookbook for 20 years that usually gets me mixed results after a lot of yelling at my cookie press. I decided to try something new this year. Followed the recipe exactly as written and it every cookie came out on the first try. Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Good day beautiful
Hello pretty lady
Gracias ❤❤❤❤
First I LOVE your style of teaching. You make it fun. Now on to cookies. When we first married my husband would gobble these up as soon as I had them made.. He loved them, so I made them often. Sadly we lost him this past June to cancer...however I will be making these cookies to give out to friends. And who knows, maybe heaven has a Spritz cookie bakery . If it does I am certain he is their best customer.
My son and I made these every year when he was a kid. We still do when we're able to be together for Christmas baking (he lives in San Diego; I live in Oregon). One year, I had run out of sprinkles, so I mixed up some cinnamon and sugar to use instead. He liked them so well I have to do some with cinnamon and sugar every year for him. Brings back happy memories. Thanks for always making me smile!
I have literally searched all types of recipes on UA-cam and his videos always pop up!! There is nothing he can't make. Thank you!
Ive been making spritz cookies for 50 + yrs! My mom made them with us 9 kids every year. So fun, tasty, easy, and love almond flavoring too!
This is AWESOME! I've had a cookie press for maybe 10 years or longer, never used it because..just because. I thought of getting rid of it several times but thought the day would come that I want to use it and thanks to John, it'll probably be this weekend!! Thanks John!!
I was the same and then I made them a few years ago. They were pretty popular especially when you put two together with jam.
Same here! Throwing mine in the dishwasher ASAP
Same!! Huh, glad I’m not the only one!! Lol
A pastry bag w/star tip works great!❤rekwife
Did you make them ? Or should we come back in 10 years? ✨😊
My mom had her mom's crank-handle cookie 'press' (early 1900's) and passed it down to me. I recently passed it on to my niece who was super close to my mom & loves to cook & bake & she loves it!
I agree with you John one of the best baking things to do this time of year is gifting cookies 🎉😊🍪🍪
I fortunately have an electric cookie press that was purchased by my mom 50 years ago for making spritz cookies! Planning on making these cookies this holiday season. Thanks John!
I've had a cookie press for many years. Last time I used it, the cookies spread all over the place and I was disappointed and never used it again. I will try your recipe now and my cookie press. I trust you! Thank you
Hello John.
I haven’t made these Spritz Cookies in several years but you have encouraged me to dust off my Presses (I have 4) and make these for my Christmas dinner using your recipe.
My husband and I greatly enjoy watching your shows and we always get some wonderful ideas and short-cuts.
Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family and we wish you all the best in the New Year.
I spent the weekend before Christmas at a friends farm several years back, and his mom baked a ton of these for us to decorate/eat. Different shapes, tons of sprinkles, and colored icings. Never made these before, so it was such a fun experience for me. She then packed them up for us to take back home.. Good times. 🥲
My Grandma use to make these at christmas. All diffrenrt colors and shaps. Love em have no had em in over 10 years, After she passed no one made them. This year I am going to hopfully they taste like hers.
My favorite Christmas cookie to make. It’s not Christmas without them! My moms recipe calls for adding evaporated milk and the flavor is exquisite. Recipe from back in the 60’s or earlier. I love old recipes.
Sounds delicious! Mind sharing the recipe?
I want to know more about the evaporated milk addition 😋
Evaporated milk ...sounds so good to add to this recipe. Please share your recipe
Can you please tell us how to use the milk?
@@MariaHernandez-rc2eq it’s 3 TBS of evaporated milk added alternately when combining the wet and dry ingredients.
My favorite too! I love my old fashioned press I've always had.... I'm 63 and still use it... thanks so much for the great video--
I have my mom’s cookie press it’s older than I am, which, I must admit, is quite old. Lol. I watched with interest to see if your recipe matched hers and they were very different. My mom’s calls for a mixture of butter and cream cheese. Her recipe also calls for a teaspoon of orange zest, and a touch of cinnamon - vanilla extract only. My mom’s recipe is AMAZING! You just can’t eat one of these cookies. Her recipe was called Snowflakes and it came with the original press. I love your videos. So much baking to do. So little time. 😊❤️
Would you mind telling us your mom’s recipe? It sounds delicious!
@@Amber-zg6ir I’m hoping to put it up here. Can I attach a photo to these communications?
1 c shortening (half butter half margarine)
1 3 oz package of cream cheese
1 c sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teas vanilla
1 teas of orange ( fine)
2 & 1/2 c flour
1/2 teas salt
1/4 teas cinnamon
Cream shortening and cream cheese. Add sugar gradually beat in egg yolks, Vanilla, and orange rind
Sift flour, salt, cinnamon and add to creamed mixture
I find that recipe works best if you chill the dough for a little while before putting it into the cookie press
@@jeannerogers711 hello! TFS the recipe! Did you mean to say 3 oz pckg of cream cheese? 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I make these every year. I have gone through a few presses over the years. These are my sister's favorites and she has been known to use them as "spoons" for cool whip. I'll be making them later this week. Doing something every night to build up my stash for gift giving. Last night was choc chip w/walnut and tonight is my grandma's roll and cut sugar cookies (we will decorate them on Christmas day). Right now it's all about baking and freezing!
My mom made so many of these at Christmas time ❤ I was blessed with ALL her baking tools, presses and recipes.
I adore you! I bet you are a fun Dad. I imagine as your kids grow they will love to spend time in the kitchen with you and your partner too. Have a fabulous Christmas holiday.
Love Spritz, they're one of my favorites to make and give as gifts. I have my Mom's cookie press from the '50's and my favorite disc to use is the little gingerbread man.
My favorite too! I do half batter almond extract and half vanilla. My mom had the old metal copper press. I would love to see you do more of these retro type holiday cookies, like the ones from the Betty Crocker Cooky Book from the 60's. Happy holidays to you and your family!
Hello gorgeous
yes! my mom had that same copper one too! You'd have to turn the handle. Now we have the Wilton one but I loved the old copper one sooo much
Oh I agree...old time is coming back. I use my mom's tools and her recipe but I do have the Italian cook book as well as Betty Crocker 🌲😃🥂🤍🌲
I have colored a little dough red and piped it with uncolored dough using a tip that makes the cookies look like variegated poinsettias. Merry Christmas!
I do the same with hearts for Valentine’s Day! ❤️
That's really pretty!
Okay, so the cookie press I ordered was just delivered yesterday. How crazy is that with the timing of this vid? :) You rock!
Oh! Me too!! Spritz cookies are my favorite. I prefer vanilla and lemon flavorings. My favorite classic shape is the tree. I recently bought a set of Russian icing tips. Wow....I can crank out hundreds of little rosebud cookies out of 1 batch. For extra fun I stripe the bag with food color. My rose buds look artistic and professional. Thank you for your videos . I appreciate your kind manner.
Omg I remember making spritz cookies in home ec class! I had bought a cookie press years ago and made spritz cookies at home once but haven’t made them since. They are easy and fun to make so I think I’ll try making them again this year. Thank you for the recipe!
My absolute favorite holiday cookie. Our sitter would make these and other cookies every years for Christmas, they were the best cookies, ever. My siblings still talk about them decades later. Thanks for the video, and Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family.
I have my grandmother’s copper cookie press… they are my son’s FAVORITE cookies ever. It’s funny how impressed everyone is when they receive them, they are so simple to make.
Trustworthy recipes no matter what... I appreciate that so much. Just made these and... DELICIOUS.
I just made these!!!!thank goodness one recipe makes 100cookies they are an all time favorite of our families,especially during the holidays..they freeze well too
I just made cherry pie bars with this type of cookie bottom, cherry pie filling, some more cookie batter placed on top and drizzled with almond glaze.... Sooo good especially chilled!!
Oddly, I just made cherry pie bars this evening too. They’re cooling, but later I’ll drizzle them with powdered sugar drizzle icing (I use bourbon instead of milk) and then sprinkle with slivered toasted almonds.
i’m so happy i finally know how to use a cookie press! my grandmother gifted me hers i believe she got it in the 50s, it’s the older crank version but i’m so excited to try this out for the holidays!!!
Spritz are one of my favorite cookies too. I made your pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving and now I have a request to make it again for Christmas. It is very yummy!!
This was the preferred cookie of our Christmas household! We seed the bar turned on its Sid for ribbon cookies! Then we glazed them with a light brush on milk glaze. Day 2 we go back and decorate elaborately. My mom started it when I was a child. My baby just had her first baby so it will be fun this year!!
This channel is so awesome. I don’t make 99% of the recipes and yet I still love tuning in. Brightens my day instantly when I see a new vid in my inbox. You have a gift, John. Thanks!
His playlist is more like my wishlist of things I'd like to make but rarely do.
Spritzkuchen. One of our family traditions. Thank you for helping to spread the word. Easy delicious little cookies! Now if you make kringla I’ll be in heaven! My favorite shape is round. Hubby like the Christmas tree.
These are my mama’s FAVORITE. We make them every year. Brings me so many happy memories ☺️ good tip on the parchment!
How long do you leave them in the oven?
Literally was saying I wish John would make a spritz cookie recipe video and ten seconds later voilà I received the notification!! Thank you so much these look amazing and can’t wait to try them with my vintage cookie press!! Happy holidays everyone!! 🎄
My grandmother made these every year. I actually have one of those presses. It was gifted at a secret Santa. Never used it because I never learned. Still have no idea why I never got rid of it. I'm not a fan of baking. But, I give it a go every Christmas. May try these.
Spritz are of my favorite Christmas cookies and almond is one of my favorite flavorings, especially for frosting. I love wreaths the best!
I almost didn’t watch because my cookie press is in storage in Colorado and I am in France. However, so glad I did! I will try with my piping tips-that I did bring-and use the sprinkles a friend brought me from NYC. Oh the joys of baking treats from my past in France.
Such a nostalgic classic cookie from childhood! I've always wanted a Spritz cookie press, will make due with my star piping tips until then.
Thank you for sharing . The recipe for Spritz cookies . Looks so yummy and pretty . Have a great evening .
I knew there was one more cookie I needed to make! I always use my grandma's recipe. I make chocolate wreaths and peppermint Christmas trees 🎄
I'm so impressed that you just pour the flour in there without measuring. You are quite the baker
He uses a scale to weigh the flour
wow nice cookies for this christmas eve thanks for shaharing the best recipe i love it looks so yummy good for christmas holiday
Used to make these with my mom every year for Christmas. She gave me her cookie press a few months ago and now there's this video so I guess this means I have to make some spritz cookies!
this recipe is great! I used it to make Christmas in July cookies for my residents and they were a hit. came out perfect. thank you so much!
I use the same recipe and make plain, red and white spritz in different designs. One suggestion though, I use the silicon baking pads and they come out perfectly. Like you said no parchment paper, and no wax paper. I didn’t have much luck pressing the cookies directly on to the baking sheet. They seem to stick too much. I love decorating the cooks with all the different sprinkles and crystals. I also use the coloring gel because it’s thicker. If you use too much of the drops the dough can be too liquid and not hold together properly.
His kitchen is sooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!🎉❤👍🏻👍🏻🥹🥹🥹🥹
This year I decided to give out cookies to friends. I tell everyone I give them to that they are your recipes. Your sugar cookie recipe has become a tradition in my house.
I'll have to try this recipe. I gave up on spritz long ago as I couldn't get them to stick to the pan. Time to try again.
These look entirely different from the ones we make in Germany, but also so, so delicious... and beautiful too! 🎄🤶🎄
Thank so much you for ALL your great videos and recipes! 🙏🍀
Hi, I'm curious, how do they look different? Do you feel the basic recipe on this video is similar to yours in Germany? Thanks much : )
@@Ms7of8
Hi, thanks for your answer - and your question! I hope I‘ll be able to to describe the differences in a way that will help you to get the right picture... which includes using the right vocabulary... Hope I will manage...
When we make „Spritzgebäck“ we usually use either a piping bag (the dough has to be a little softer) or - more old old-fashioned - a grinding machine with a special attachment for spritz cookies (you‘d want a more solid dough for that one). My mother‘s recipe which I usually use is well adjusted for these machines. The typical German shapes for spritz are horse shoes, rings, stick-shapes or S-shapes. When you use a grinding machine you form the cookies (we call them „Plätzchen“ in contrast to all-year cookies which would be „Kekse“) in one hand while using the other one to work the machine. There are recipes with or without nuts (my mother‘s uses ground hazelnuts), even some with marzipan or nougat, with or without chocolate glaze. We usually don‘t use food coloring or extra toppings, but the „modern bakers“ are open to many variations! So the basic recipe on this video is indeed similar to several of the various recipes we know in Germany. The difference is mainly in the shapes and little extras.
I‘m a rather nostalgic person, so I love to use my late mother‘s recipe. She always started the Christmas baking season with it, and I love to follow that tradition...
All the best, take care, and enjoy this wonderful season! 🎄🍀🎄
@@hrbooksmusic7878 Thank you for your in-depth reply and for edifying me in the traditional ways to make these cookies. How wonderful you still have your late mom's utensil to make them. Your English and articulation are beautiful -- thanks again. Have a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!🌲✌🕉
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Thank you so much for your kind words! Strange as it may sound, coming from a person I do not even know (and I‘m sure you must be a great person!) they mean even more to me!!!
All the best to you and your family! 🍀🍀🍀 Enjoy this wonderful time! 🎄🎄🎄
(May I ask you whether you are American...?)
@@hrbooksmusic7878 You are so sweet! Yes, I am from the States. The time and place where I grew up, we had many immigrants from Europe and Eastern Europe. One of the bakeries in my neighborhood was German. After Sunday mass, my mom would take us to the German bakery and let us select any, one only, cookie we would like. It was very special because my parents were very strict with sweets. I always chose the spritz (Spritzgebäck) cookies. Other than the holidays, when the spritz cookies would look more like the ones John makes (and I make those too with my press!) the cookies appeared to be piped, not from a press. There was a choice of plain or ones with chocolate sprinkles.
Thanks again for your description of the authentic Spritzgebäck cookies. May you have a happy and blessed Holiday!
I've always wanted to learn how to make those cookies thank you so much for sharing how to make these beautiful cookies!!!
These cookies look amazing! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Going to try these for the first time this year!
I really enjoy seeing the shapes of this cookie present !! Just so delicious.
thanks for this gift of a great cookie recipe via the coast of maine
Made those for Eid and they were a huge hit. I even shipped some and they tasted great a week later!
Time to find my cookie press!……thanks John…..Happy Holidays from the U.K xx 💕xx
I got a new cookie press & tried your recipes. YUMMY, thanks so much.
I really want a cookie press. And why is this man so adorable? haha
Thank you for the inspiration. I will finally break out my cookie press that hasn't seen the light of day for at least 5 years! Also, the video of your adorable boys making the banana muffins is cuteness overload!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your lovely family! 🎄
Please come out with a holiday playlist cookbook. I’ll buy it asap💞💞
These look so good from the thumbnail
Cookie gift’s 🍪 🎁 are the best! John, thanks for sharing this recipe. :) Merry Christmas.
Oh wow I made these over the holidays and they were so perfect and delicious
Thank you so much for sharing
These would be perfect for the holiday
I mrake my spritz cookies with cream cheese and lemon extract or powdered lemon peel!! Then I put a small dollop of raspberry jam in the middle of the wreath shape. Delicious!!
The cookies look aesthetically pleasing... Would love to have some but I haven't seen anything similar to the cookie press you are using..! Great efforts 🌟
I make an eggnog version of spritz cookies that are just delicious! Every year I make Christmas trees with a glaze and sprinkles, wreaths and flowers with candied cherries, and candy canes dipped in chocolate with chocolate sprinkles. The candy canes are always the first ones gone.
I love spritz cookies too John! They are so beautiful and tasty! I use almost the exact same recipe, except I do 1/2 a cup of sugar instead of 3/4 so that they are slightly more buttery and I just use the almond and not the vanilla because I like the almond flavor to stand out in a spritz cookie. However I do use vanilla extract in many things just like you John.
I love the Christmas tree 🎄 shape best!!!!
I no longer have a cookie press. So I rolled them in a ball and smushed them down with the bottom of a cup. Have to get another cookie press. But they turned out great. My fav cookies 💕💗💞
I've found the best way is to roll my dough, like a log and it's easier to load the batter
Since I was raised with swedish traditions which spritz cookies is part of those traditions. My mom would make 3 batches green red and white. She would let us roll them and make wreaths and candy canes
I love these cookies!!! Also your videos have helped me learn how to bake edible cookies and treats!
I have been making a recipe from a magazine I found years ago. I use a jam and chocolate mix to sandwich them together. My recipe uses blanched almonds. They are so yummy and my favorite cookies. Thanks for sharing. I may try some of your ideas. I do like to add these cookies to neighbor cookie boxes. And I love them in my cookie jar too. Happy Holidays!
Hello how are you doing
OMG I love this recipe!! Thank you so much!!!
I love spritz cookies John! These look amazing 🍪 😋
Hi I love your videos
I dont think I've ever heard of a spritz cookie??? Or seen one??? Or tasted one??? Very cute!!
Hi John 👋, thank you so much for the cookie inspiration and other baking dreams! I truly enjoy watching and learning from your channel, plus I'm sure my kids will love the outcome!
Every cookie is awesome and mouth-watering.
I love the green wreaths and trees..if im in a hurry i sprinkle powdered sugar on them when cooled. 🌲👍
I make these every Christmas and Easter. I like to stick 2 cookies together with jam in the middle, dip half in chocolate, then sprinkles.
Well done. They look very festive indeed.
I wanted to thank you for your video. I used your recipe and my cookies came out perfect, so thank you so much ❤
My mom always made these for christmas! Your trees look almost exactly like hers! Same sprinkles, except ours are waaaaaayyyyy more green! I'm making mine right now!
I will be busy making batches of these this weekend John…..actually have my moms vintage 1970’s electric cookie press. Giving cookies out as gifts to friends…….if I don’t eat them all myself first 😋lol.
I’ve seen those cookie presses in stores and always wondered what exactly they were for. Thank you! Dude your videos have so many cool little tricks for baking. Watching you had really upped my baking game.
😮. How do you stay slender?
These cookies are so tempting. Yummy.
Love it they are so cute I do not have and can not find a cookie press I was wondering @PreppyKitchen can you roll out spritz cookie dough and use shaped cookie cutters?
Love! Love! Love! ❤️ My Auntie made these every year and it brings back such fond memories. Thanks John! 🤗❤️ I just moved close to my grandsons and this is the first Christmas that we are close and everything is unpacked. I’m going to get out my spritz maker and make some memories with my grandsons. 😁🎄🎅🏼
You're like a cookie scientist!! I love your channel, website, and am going to try your icing recipe. I found your website when I was looking for an icing recipe and now see all of these amazing looking recipes. I'm going to love cooking your recipes. I think!
I make press cookies every year for Christmas!! I use a new press but I also use my mom's press that is over 60yrs old!!
Loved making these! I used matcha for half the batter and it tastes really good!
Just made these!!! ❤ saw the tool at target and thought of this video. Bought it and made them!
I so enjoy cooking love baking with love and giving to everyone throughout the year and iv not been able to for while I hope to have a awesome kitchen someday and cook a lot of love thanks I made these many times!🌸✨🙏🤗☕️
This cookies looks so yummy love the colours as well. Christmas is just by corner
Hi. I just recently found your Channel and I really like the atmosphere in your Videos. My daughter loves watching them. We are going to be making 2 of your cookie recipes this weekend. Thanks 😊