Fancy Spritz Cookies

Ingredients

250 gr unbleached flour
1 gr salt
100 gr granulated sugar
60 gr almonds
2 margarine sticks
1 egg
4 gr vanilla
3 gr almond extract

Instructions

Preheat oven at 375. Prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and sugar. In a blender grind the almonds to a powder-fine consistency. In a mixing bowl, combine margarine, egg white, vanilla, and extract. Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients just until moistened. Pack dough into cookie press. Keep unused portion of dough in refrigerator. Press out desired shapes on prepared cookie sheet. Space the cookies 3 cm apart. Bake 10 to dozen minutes, until cookies are pale gold in color. ----