Spritz Cookies with Lemon Essence

Name: Spritz Cookies with Lemon Essence
Yield: Makes about 6 dozen 1 1/2-inch cookies
Ingredients: 1 , large egg yolk; 1 tablespoon, heavy cream; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice; 1 cup, unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened (about 70 degrees); 2/3 cup, sugar (about 4 3/4 ounces/135 grams); 1 teaspoon, lemon zest; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (10 ounces/283 grams)

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2004

That golden-swirled kiss of a holiday cookie often ends up bland, gummy, and tasteless. Why can't spritz cookies taste as good as they look?

SERVES Makes about 6 dozen 1 1/2-inch cookies

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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