Welcome to Cookie Month here on Daydreamer Desserts!
As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program we often receive emails with offers to try out free samples or coupons for a certain product.
Well, as soon as I saw the email addressed from Foodbuzz asking if I would like to opt-in for a chance to receive a free sample of REAL Butter and a holiday baking kit. I opened that baby up, clicked on the link, filled out the short survey, and crossed my fingers hoping I would be one of the lucky 12 selected for such an amazing sample.
I usually go through quite a bit of butter on a regular basis, but once the holidays come around those figures are multiplied ten-fold! So, you can just imagine how excited I was, when I found out I was in fact one of the lucky 12 bloggers to receive such a treat!
Rolling cookie dough into cylinders makes loading your cookie press a cinch!
Add a pair of tweezers to your decorating tool-kit, they really come in handy for tasks like this!
Butterscotch Spritz Cookies
adapted from Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook
Makes about 4 dozen
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon butterscotch extractPreheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until light and fluffy, approx 2 minutes. Add egg and mix just until incorporated. Add flour, salt, and butterscotch extract and stir just until dough is formed.
Without refrigerating roll dough into small cylinders, then transfer them onto your cookie press and form desired shapes onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 – 10 minutes or until set and bottoms are golden brown. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Note: If using dark cookie sheets baking time may need to be reduced by 1 minute or so.
Now, what better way to kick-off this holiday baking season than by giving back, right?
So, just as my mom passed on her 30+ year-old Swedish Cookie Press to me during my last summer trip to Mexico.
I too will pass on this brand new Swiss Kuhn Rikon Cookie Press [I just happened to pick up a few weeks ago during one of my lunchtime trips to the HomeGoods store] to one of you!
In order to be eligible to enter the contest:
- Leave a comment on this post in which you share your favorite holiday cookie.
- You must have a US Mailing address due to
- Don’t forget to leave me your email address in the comment form (it will not be published) so that I am able to contact you if you win.
For extra opportunities to win you can also do one or more of the following:
- Follow me @DaydreamerDsrts on Twitter and leave me a comment saying you are a follower. If you are already a follower leave me a comment as well.
- Become a Daydreamer Desserts Fan on Facebook and leave me acomment saying you are a fan. If you are already a fan let me know in a separate comment as well.
- Tweet about my this giveaway and leave me a comment saying you tweeted.
- Subscribe to Daydreamer Desserts via my RSS Feed and yep, you guess it… leave me a comment if you are now subscribed or if you were already subscribed to begin with.
Giveaway Details:
- One (1) brand new Kuhn Rikon Cookie Press to be given away.
- One (1) winner will be chosen at random for this giveaway.
- Deadline to enter: Saturday December 4, 2010 11:59 PST
- Winner announced: Sunday December 5, 2010
Good Luck Everyone!
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I eat cookies all year, but a traditional holiday cookie in my family that I love is the fudge-filled thumbrint cookie. And butterscotch spritz cookies – such a cool idea.
I am a big fan of Mexican Wedding Cakes/Russian Tea Cakes/Snowball Cookies and whatever other names they are known by. They always remind me of Christmas!
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I love snowballs or thumb print cookies!
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Ahh! The Sawa 2000! I have so many great childhood memories with that bad boy. I wish I had one of my own now
I have to say, nostalgia really adds to my love of this holiday treat – spritz cookies are probably my favorite.
You’ve been on my google reader for quite some time now also
First of all: we miss you on pfb!!!
I love any cookie with jam: thumbprints, windows, mini-crostatas, rugelach, and the Italian “ovis mollis” (kind of a thumbprint).
I already follow you on Twitter and now I “like” you on Facebook too. Signing up for RSS feeds now.
Question about these cookies: somehow i imagine it being a very delicate dough that melts fast if you don’t have the butter at just the right temperature…is that so?
Butter cookies are so delicious! I personally love to make those chocolate crinkle cookies for the holiday season because they are so fudgy and look like they are coated in snow!
Hard to beat a good chocolate chunk cookie!
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I love the classic sugar cookie, decorated in red and green icing!
My favorite Christmas cookies are chocolate chip & M&M cookies. My mom has been making them since we were born!
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My favorite holiday cookies are Pebber Nodder from when I studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, simple, but yummy!
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I love the chocolate crinkle cookies.. especially when they’re warm and melty
Mmmm…
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I remember making spritz cookies with my mom as a kid, but now I always make pumpkin cookies with white chocolate chips and cutout sugar cookies.
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thanks for including me…all the best!
i love any cookie with tons of chocolate…so i enjoy mocha, espresso & chocolate cookies!! delish!
Christmas is not complete without my familys Anise Drop Cookies! The batter is drooped on a cookie sheet to dry overnight. The next morning they are baked…the bottom layer comes out cakelike and the top has a smooth shiney crisp top; the house smells just like Cristmas from the anise flavoring! They are delicious! I have used my cookie press for 44 years and it was used before that, so I could probably use a new one.
My favorites are an Andes mint cookie that my MIL makes. It’s a chocolate cookie, and when it’s done baking, she puts an andes mint on top to melt, then swirls it in a circle to cool. Love your blog!
my favorite holiday cookies are raspberry almond thumbprints – i actually just made a batch the other day! i usually prefer chocolate chip cookies or my mom’s oatmeal craisin cookies, but for i always seem to crave thumbprints during the holidays!
Wedding cake cookies or chocolate crinkle cookies. I haven’t had spritz cookies in years! In the 70′s my Mom used to make spritz cookies w/jello.
I am drooling over that cookie press! My favorite cookie to make for the fam at Christmas time are Jody Balls- sweetened peanut butter rice krispie balls dipped in chocolate.
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What timing! I decided to try spritz cookies as part of my baking bonanza this Christmas. I don’t have a press, so my plan is to pipe them…unless I win, of curse!
My favorite Christmas cookies are Bizcochitos (New Mexico’s official cookie).
I like making Mexican Wedding Cakes and sugar cookies the best
My favorite holiday cookies are Chocolate Espresso Chews.
My favorite cookie? It’s a bar rather than a cookie (couldn’t use the cookie press for it!) but I LOVE Deb’s recipe for Austrian Raspberry Shortbread. http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/12/austrian-raspberry-shortbread/
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My favorite holiday cookie are the peanut butter kisses!
My favorite cookie to have around th eholidays are soft ginger cookies, only complete with a glass of cold milk
My favorite holiday cookie is my Grandma’s Santa’s Buttter Cookies!
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My favorite holiday cookie would have to be dark chocolate coconut macaroons. I don’t make them often- they vanish fast.
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You know, I don’t have a favorite holiday cookie but I’ll try what you have in store this month!
My favorite Christmas Cookie is a Mexican Wedding Cookie. Mom made these years ago. They bring back fond memories. Thanks for offering the give away.
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My favorite holiday cookies are sugar cookies. When I was young, my mom and I would decorate them together every December!
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Beautiful cookies n a great giveaway …. love it !!!
my favorite holiday cookie would have to be mexican wedding cookies (whatever, theyre amazing).
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i also feed stalk you. and could really use a cookie press…
these look so cute! I love them!!!
My absolute favorite holiday (anytime) cookies are chewy snickerdoodles ^_^
Hi Josie
Those cookies look too good!! wow, your images are just fantastic, that cookie just jumped off the page, unfortuneatley when I went to catch it I hit my head on the computer screen…..sigh
I’m certainly glad FB picked you to butter up!! I know you will do them proud!!
Dennis
I love these kinds of cookies, buttery and light, they are so delicious! Yours are so adorable with those little green christmas tree’s. I absolutely love the giveaway, your so lucky to have your mom’s. So that’s who your taking after. I would love to see a guest post with her for Christmas that would be so cool baking together! I would be honored to win a prize and bake some awesome holiday cookies with this! Will tweet, facebook and of course tell everyone on stumble! thanks for the opporutunity!
These cookies look fantastic! I love sampling the various types of cookies you find during the holidays, but my favorite around this time of year is a classic sugar cookie. I love that you can dress them up in so many ways and they always taste so good. Yummy and festive!
My absolute favorites have to be Mexican Wedding Cookies!
My favorite are Italian Anise cookies. I can’t get enough of those
My favorite cookies, hands-down, are the sugar cookie and molasses cut-outs (from family recipes) we make each Christmas.
My favorite holiday cookies are probably divinity. Don’t know if that counts more as a candy than a cookie, but eh, they are my fave. Those and Russian Teacakes. YUMMY =)
And now I am a fan on Facebook =)
And I’ve subscribed via RSS. Thanks for a great giveaway!!
Oh yeah, you sure know how to put butter to good (great!) use. I should sign up for the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program
The kit is fantastic. I’m sure you will do many more amazing desserts with that 
Uh and I forgot to say…my favorite cookies: shortbread!
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And guess what? I already follow you on facebook!
Any cookie with (real) butter! GREG PS I think I already follow wherever possible. End of the earth in necessary! GREG
My favorite holiday cookie is the Bisconchito!
WHOA! Your cookies are BEAUTIFUL! Gorgeous and makes me want to jump through the screen and eat some. I try very hard to watch the waistline, but I could very easily make and woof these babies of yours down with hardly a guilty conscious. Lovely, indeed!
My favorite Christmas Cookie is a toss up between Mexican Wedding Cakes (Russian Tea Cakes) and Ribbon Cookies made with Cherry Jam mixed with Dried Cranberries.
I’m now a fan on Facebook!
And I am also following you on Twitter! (I am doughgirlbakes)
I love cookie presses, they make life so easy!
Tweezers! Where have I been for half a century? The cookies are just beautiful – your desserts always are. I think you practice “cookie art!” My favorites?(I don’t do favorites well) – love pignoli cookies, ricotta cookies, amaretti…
I love the traditional chocolate cookies with some crushed candy canes in it!
Josie, this is such a great giveaway & your cookies came out beautiful! Believe it or not I have been doing tons of baking & I would love to win this press.My favorite cookie? Anything I can eat morning, noon & night. Love cookies!
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Those are really gorgeous spritz cookies! I loved making them when I was younger with my family and I hope to revisit them again this year! Love your blog!
Denise
I am also a facebook fan!
Cannot wait to make these!! New Facebook follower and I am soo excited!!
Love the look of your Spritz cookies! My favorite holiday cookie is a Cream Cheese Spritz. I make them in the shape of a wreath, and decorate them with little snips of red and green cherries like holly berries and leaves. They are delicate and delicious.
I would love to win the cookie press! My favorite holiday cookie is a cream cheese sugar cookie from an older Pillsbury cookbook. I always use my star & moon cutters at Christmas.
Thanks for the chance!
My favorite holiday cookie is Springerle!
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Spritz are one of my husband’s favorite cookies!! As for me, I don’t think I have a favorite – I love them all!!!
Just want you to know, I am one of your faithful followers!!
My favorite holiday cookies are french cookies. It has been a family tradition for years.
I love heavily decorated sugar cookies, and corn flake Christmas wreath cookies. Yumdiddly!
I have never tried spritz cookies, these look so easy and fun! I’ll have to give them a go this year, they’re like easy cut outs
My personal favorite holiday cookie includes anything with butterscotch!
Your cookies look adorable. Can you believe I’ve never used a cookie press! LOL I can’t believe it!
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Also tweeted about giveaway &post!
Also subscribed to your RSS Feed!!!!
Jelly cookies are the all time favorite Christmas cookie at our house.
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