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Chocolate Spritz Cookies

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
6 Min.
Prep:
25 Min.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Yields:
54 cookies

This chocolate spritz cookies recipe will be your new go-to for whipping up holiday-ready treats in less than an hour. These melt-in-your-mouth Chocolate Spritz Cookies first appeared in the 1979 “HERSHEY'S Cocoa Cookbook” as cocoa press cookies for their use of a cookie press. Don’t have a cookie press? Cookie cutters work, too!  While you’re baking these chocolate spritz cookies for that holiday party, pair them with Peanut Butter Blossoms — a classic cookie that comes together in less than 30 minutes.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
25 minutes
Bake Time
6 minutes
Cool Time
30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup
    butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened
  • 2/3 cup
    granulated sugar
  • 1
    egg
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • decorating sugar, sprinkles or candied cherries (optional)
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Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven oven
 mixing bowl mixing bowl
bowl bowl
mixer mixer
spatula spatula
cookie press cookie press
cookie sheet cookie sheet
wire rack wire rack
1

Heat oven to 350°F.

2

Beat butter, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy in large bowl. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended.

3

Fill cookie press with dough. Press dough onto cool, ungreased cookie sheet. Garnish with sugars, sprinkles or cherries, if desired.

4

Bake 5 to 7 minutes or just until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Variation: Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Spritz Cookies:

Prepare dough as directed above. 

Press dough onto cool, ungreased cookie sheet with ribbon plate in cookie press.

Bake and cool as directed. Melt 1 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips with 1 tablespoon shortening (do NOT use butter, margarine, spread or oil).

Gently dip part of each cookie into chocolate. Place on wax paper-covered tray. Refrigerate until firm.

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