One of Lisa's birthday gifts from Amy was a cookie press. Flipping through cookbooks in the last few months, we've come across quite a few gorgeous cookies only to realize that we need this fancy contraption to re-create the results. So to top off our Easter weekend kitchen craziness extravaganza, Lisa took the cookie press out of the box and we got down to work.
We searched through our cookbooks and online to find a recipe worthy of our first cookie press experiment. Finally we settled on Gelatin Spritz Cookies from AllRecipes (contributed by Kathy). The picture on the website shows a bunch of Christmas trees, but we put a definitely springtime spin on ours by using lime flavoring and flowery shapes.
Lisa's arm muscles get pretty much all the credit here (she's the athlete!). Amy made about 4 cookies (it's harder than it looks!) before declaring herself chief decorator. Lisa's right forearm took over from there.
Gelatin Spritz Cookies
We cut the original recipe in half (typed below) and had plenty of cookies.
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter
1/2 of 3 oz package fruit flavored gelatin mix (we used lime)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Mix butter, sugar, and gelatin powder. Add egg and vanilla. Combine. Gradually add flour and baking powder, mixing until dough is smooth.
- Place dough in cookie press.
- Bake at 400 F for 5 minutes or until a split second before edges turn brown.
- Note: you can also refrigerate dough until firm, and then roll it out and use cookie cutters to make shapes.
If you use lime Jello powder, your dough will turn green!
Unfortunately, the color faded after baking.
Through the cookie press.
After a few tries... finally, the first cookie!
Flowers were tough.
Cookie press in action.
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