Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
Sprinkles and colored sugar for decorating

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°.

Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Cream at medium-high speed until light colored and fluffy.

Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in egg, vanilla, cardamom and salt. Then add flour until well-mixed.

Grab a handful of the dough and roll it into a thick snake shape, pack into the barrel of the cookie press and fit press with desired disk design. Press trigger until dough is packed in and no air pockets exist in barrel.

To make cookies, hold cookie press perpendicular to an ungreased cookie sheet with the end of the press touching the cookie sheet. Press the trigger once, remove press and repeat for each cookie—spacing them about 1″ apart.

Decorate with sprinkles and then bake in preheated oven for 7-10 minutes or until edges of cookies just barely begin to brown. Let cool for 1-2 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.