Dessert for 24

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
Total time: 26 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 3 oz cream cheese; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp finely grated orange zest; colored sugar

$0.69for 426 minServes 24

These crisp cream cheese cookies are piped, sprinkled with colored sugar, and baked until lightly golden.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Cream cheese, 3 oz$0.30/oz typical	3 oz	$0.90Typical price
	Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical	1	$0.30Typical price
	Oranges, a little$1.49/lb typical	a little	$0.01Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$4.17

Pantry staples you likely have

Cooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourDried herbs, spices and seasoning blends

Not included in the cost.

26 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
24servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.17 per serving$0.69 for 4

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
3 oz cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp finely grated orange zest
colored sugar

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F.
Beat the shortening, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until smooth.
Mix the flour, salt, cinnamon, and orange zest into the creamed mixture.
Press the dough through a cookie press onto ungreased baking sheets and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden.