This was one of my mom's favorite Christmas cookies when I was growing up. At the time, I would eat a few, but preferred sweater cookies. As I got older, I found myself gravitating more and more the the spritz. This year, during a snowstorm I really got a craving for them, so I went on a quest to find a half-way decent cookie press during a break in the weather, so I could make some spritz. I lucked out and found one on sale at Kohl's, and set to work to restart the tradition.

Spritz has got to be one of the easiest cookies to make. The only concerns are that the dough doesn't get too warm, and that it is the right consistency to work with your cookie press.