Description
Delicious and festive chocolate chip spritz cookies, perfect for any holiday celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks, softened)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup semisweet or dark chocolate chips
- Holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract together for 1-2 minutes until fluffy and pale (almost white).
- Add the flour and use a rubber spatula to combine everything until there are no more dry spots. The mixture will be thick.
- Transfer the mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large, open star tip (I used a Wilton 1M) and pipe circles onto the parchment paper. Each circle should be about 1 inch across. You can eyeball it, or if you want them to be perfect, use a pencil to draw circles on the parchment paper using a circular cookie cutter or shot glass. Flip the paper over and trace your circles with the cookie dough, working around the inside of the circle rather than the outside to avoid a large hole in the middle.
- Freeze the cookies for at least 20 minutes. This will help them keep their shape while they bake.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the ridges are just starting to turn golden.
- Allow them to cool and set for a few minutes on the pan before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Optional: Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 20-second increments, stirring frequently, until the chocolate is fully melted. If it feels too thick, you can add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to thin it out.
- Dip half of the completely cooled cookie into the melted chocolate and place it back on the parchment-lined sheet.
- Top with sprinkles while still wet and allow the chocolate to harden before serving.
Notes
- Storing cookies in an airtight container will help maintain freshness.
- These cookies can be frozen before baking for later use.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cookies
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg