Classic Spritz Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups butter, do not substitute vegetable oil spread
    1 cup sugar
    1 egg
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    colored crystal sugar or candy sprinkles (optional)
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 375.
    In a batter bowl, beat butter on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy.
    Add sugar, egg and vanilla; beat well.
    Add flour, 1 cup at a time; mix well.
    Dough will be soft; do not refrigerate.
    Fill Cookie Press, fitted with disk of your choice, with dough using Medium Scoop.
    Press dough onto flat Baking Stone 1 inch apart.
    Decorate cookies with colored sugar or sprinkles, if desired.
    Bake 10-12 minutes or until firm but not brown.
    Cool 2 minutes on flat Baking Stone; remove to Stackable Cooling Rack.
    Repeat with remaining dough.
    *Variation:Chocolate Spritz Cookies: Decrease flour to 3 cups.
    Increase sugar to 1 1/4 cups.
    Add 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder to flour mixture.
    Proceed as recipe directs.

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