Spritz Stix (pepperkakor, Coffee, Swedish Spice, Orange Pecan...

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 72
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup sugar or 3/4 cup brown sugar, for butterscotch flavor
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (2 1/3 cups at high altitude)
• 1/4 cup sugar (optional)
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted (optional)
• 2 tablespoons orange rind, grated (optional)
• 1/2 cup pecans, very finely chopped (optional)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee (optional)
• 1/4 cup pecans, finely chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup light molasses (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon clove (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream together all ingredients except flour.
• 2 blend in flour.
• 3 divide dough in half.
• 4 spread each half with floured fingers or spatula to a 12x10" rectangle on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 5 run floured fork tines over top to make"spritz" marks.
• 6 bake at 350f for 15 to 20 minutes, or until delicately browned.
• 7 cut immediately into 3x1" sticks.
• 8 remove from cookie sheet.
• 9 chocolate spritz:.
• 10 increase sugar to 1 cup total and add 2 oz.
• 11 unsweetened chocolate in the first step.
• 12 don't overbake.
• 13 butterscotch spritz:.
• 14 substitute brown sugar for (only change).
• 15 orange pecan spritz:.
• 16 add 2 tbsp orange peel and 1/2 cup pecans when you add the flour.
• 17 swedish spice spritz:.
• 18 add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg and 1/4 tsp cardamom in the first step.
• 19 coffee spritz:.
• 20 add 1 tbsp instant coffee and 1/4 cup pecans, if desired, with the sugar.
• 21 pepperkakor spritz:.
• 22 omit the egg, and add 1/4 cup light molasses, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp cloves and 1/2 tsp ginger with the sugar.