Cream Cheese Spritz

Name: Cream Cheese Spritz
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: about 6 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 3 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest; Green food coloring, decorator candies and colored sugar, optional

Cream Cheese Spritz was pinched from <a href="https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cream-cheese-spritz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.tasteofhome.com.</a>

"A hint of orange and cinnamon highlights these Christmastime classics. I like to add colorful sprinkles before baking them. The recipe is from a booklet that came with a cookie press in the 1950s...and I still have the press! —Sarah Bedia, Lake Jackson, Texas..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup shortening

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3 ounces cream cheese, softened

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1 cup sugar

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1 large egg yolk

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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1 teaspoon grated orange zest

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Green food coloring, decorator candies and colored sugar, optional

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