Jello Spritz Cookies

Ingredients

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp double-acting baking powder
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 3 oz package Jello (lime or raspberry)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
colored sanding sugar (optional)
cookie gun or cookie cutters

Directions

Sift the flour with baking powder.

In a separate bowl, cream butter with sugar, Jello, egg and vanilla.

Add the dry to the wet. A stand mixer will make life easier but you can certainly do it all by hand.

Preheat your oven to 400°. Form your cookies by whatever method you desire. The original recipe calls for an ungreased cookie sheet (and you will need this if using a cookie press) but since we were doing a lot of baking we used parchment paper and they turned out beautifully. If you want, decorate the cookies with sanding sugar.

Bake for 13-14 minutes or until just golden brown at the edges. Let cool completely on a wire rack.

If you’re making small cookies the recipe will yield about 5 dozen. Still, we suggest making two batches: one green (lime-flavored Jello) and one red (raspberry-flavored Jello).