Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. pure almond extract
• 1/2 tsp. butter flavoring (optional)
• 1 tbsp. butterscotch schnapps
• 2-1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

1. Cream together butter and cream cheese; add sugar. Cream mixture until light and fluffy.
2. Add egg yolk, beat well; stir in flavorings.

On low speed, gradually add flour and salt.

1. Cookie dough will be soft and somewhat sticky; adjust consistency if dough seems too sticky, adding a tablespoon of flour at a time; if dough seems too stiff for a cookie press, add a tablespoon of milk at a time.
2. Shape dough into 3-inch balls and drop into the barrel of a cookie press. Push dough in to eliminate spaces. Press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Sprinkle with colored sugars or color dough with a few drops of red or green food coloring to make festively colored cookies.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

1. Store in airtight container. Freeze if keeping for more than 2 weeks.