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Ensaymada Spritz Cookies

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 32 cookies
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Cookie
  • 1 cup (226g) butter 2 sticks
  • ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 ⅓ cups (291g) all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
For the Filling
  • ½ cup (113g) butter one stick
  • ½ cup (65g) powdered sugar
  • ½ cup processed yellow cheese Velveeta or equivalent

Method
 

For the cookie
  1. In a large bowl mix together butter and sugar. Add the egg, vanilla extract and almond extract. Mix until well combined
  2. Add the flour and salt and mix until well combined and a very buttery dough is formed.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  4. On a lined baking sheet, shape and press your cookies. I recommend a handy cookie press as seen in my video but you can shape them however you want. I also did not line my baking sheet and some of the cookies separated perfectly while others stuck to the pan and crumbled as I tried to remove them.
  5. Bake until edges are browned. About 10 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven and let cool fully.
For the Filling
  1. In a large bowl, mix together butter and sugar.
  2. Next, add small chunks of the cheese and beat until chunks are broken up. You should still see yellow cheese flakes in the frosting.
Assembly
  1. Fill a piping bag (or ziploc bag) with filling and snip the end. Pipe onto the flat part of one cookie and smash another onto it, sandwich style!
  2. Enjoy!