Spritz 1 lb unsalted butter-no substitutes 1 ½ c sugar 5 eggs 5 c sifted flour ¼ t salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 t almond extract Cream sugar and butter, beat well, until light in color. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients And mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hours. Force cookies through a cookie press fitted with desired design disk. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes, until edges just turn golden. Watch carefully as they can brown and burn quickly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chocolate Spritzkuchen 1 c soft butter, no substitutes 2/3 c sugar 3 egg yolks ½ c chocolate syrup (I use Hershey's Syrup) 1 tsp almond extract 2 ½ c flour ¼ tsp salt Red maraschino cherries Green maraschino cherries Combine sugar and butter, add egg yolks and beat until light and fluffy. Add almond extract and chocolate syrup. Beat well. Add dry ingredients. Force through a cookie press, fitted with a disk that makes cookies in the shape of a wreath Cut green cherries in 8 strips, cut red cherries in 8 strips then cut each strip in half so you have about 16 pieces. I put 3 stripes of green on a cookie in the shape of holly and add 1 or 2 pieces of the red cherry like a holly berry. Bake at 400 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes, until the bottom is just slightly brown and cookie is set. Cool and store in an airtight container. My press has a disk that puts down about 8-10 little blobs of dough, they bake together to form a wreath shape Karen JENTER Michigan USA