Swedish Spritz Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter (low fat margarine does not work well in this recipe) or 1 1/2 cups margarine (low fat margarine does not work well in this recipe)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the egg and the vanilla and almond extracts. Beat well.
Sift together the flour and the baking powder. Add to the liquid mixture slowly, mixing until smooth.
Do not chill the dough!
Force through the cookie press.
Decorate with colored sugar crystals before baking.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 8-10 minutes.
You can add food coloring to the dough before making cookies if you'd like. Green Christmas Trees and Red Hearts look very nice on Santa's plate!