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What’s the secret to baking Foolproof Spritz Cookies?

About 7 dozen per batch signals the scale of Nasello's recipe, which uses two egg yolks and presses warm dough onto chilled sheets to preserve shapes.
Faced with partial shapes and spreading, Nasello experimented until it worked, modifying her mother's spritz recipe about 10 years ago after repeated issues with shapes, sticking, and oven spreading.
She adds 2 teaspoons of milk to keep the dough smooth, packs the cookie press about three-quarters full, and chills pressed cookies about 20 minutes before baking 9 to 11 minutes.
The adjustments yield nearly perfect cookies and simplify holiday baking, as Nasello says dough made ahead must be warmed to room temperature before pressing and decorated with glaze, chocolate, and sprinkles.
Published in Nasello's weekly Home with the Lost Italian column, the recipe reflects her Sarello's in Moorhead bakery experience, notes spritz's northern European popularity, and names Josh Wiczek a giveaway winner.

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