Spritz Cookies

Yields 84 cookies

Ingredients

1 cup softened, salted butter

3 egg yolks, room temp

2 1/2 cups flour

2/3 cup sugar (3/4 cup also works)

1 tsp vanilla

Green food coloring

Optional: coarse sugar for decoration, chocolate for drizzle, eyeball sprinkles for bear shaped cookies

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Cream butter and sugar
Add egg yolks, vanilla, and food coloring
Add flour to batter to form dough
Use cookie press to assemble cookies on cookie sheet. If dough is difficult to press, try bringing it to room temperature
Optional: decorate with coarse sugar. Brush cookies with water to help sprinkles stick
Bake 7-10 minutes (8 minutes in my oven) or until bottom edges begin to brown
Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool. Drizzle with melted chocolate if desired