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{{Short description|Type of biscuit}}
A '''spritzgebäck''' is a type of [[Germany|German]] [[cookie]]. They are relatively easy to make, and require only typical ingredients such as [[egg (food)|eggs]], [[butter]], [[sugar]], and [[flour]]. When made correctly, they are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.
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| country = [[Germany]], [[France]] ([[Alsace]] and [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]])
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| type = [[Biscuit]] / [[Cookie]]
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| main_ingredient = [[flour]], [[butter]], [[sugar]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]]
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| cookbook = Spritzgeback
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[[File:Holiday Cookie Tray.jpg|thumb|Traditional holiday cookie plate with green tree-shaped spritz]]
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'''''Spritzgebäck''''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃpʁɪt͡sɡəˌbɛk|lang|De-Spritzgebäck.ogg}}), also called a '''spritz cookie''' in the United States,<ref name="Wilson2011">{{cite book|author=Dede Wilson|title=Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUi6eYOKHEUC&pg=PA146|accessdate=19 April 2012|date=11 October 2011|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-1-55832-628-6|page=146}}</ref> is a type [[biscuit]] or [[cookie]] of German and Alsatian-Mosellan origin made of a rich [[shortcrust pastry]]. When made correctly, the cookies are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.


The German root verb ''{{lang|de|spritzen}}'' ({{IPA|de|ˌʃpʁɪt͡sn̩|lang|De-Spritzen.ogg}}) is cognate with the English ''to spurt''. As the name implies, these cookies are made by squeezing, or "spritzing", the dough through a
[[cookie press]] fitted with patterned holes (or extruded through a cake decorator or pastry bag to which a variety of nozzles may be fitted).


==See also==
* [[List of German desserts]]
* {{portal-inline|Food}}


==References==
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[[Category:Alsatian cuisine]]
[[Category:German cuisine]]
[[Category:German cuisine]]
[[Category:Cookies]]
[[Category:German desserts]]
[[Category:Christmas in Germany]]
[[Category:Biscuits]]
[[Category:Christmas food]]


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Revision as of 22:15, 8 October 2024

Spritzgebäck
TypeBiscuit / Cookie
Place of originGermany, France (Alsace and Moselle)
Main ingredientsflour, butter, sugar, eggs
Traditional holiday cookie plate with green tree-shaped spritz

Spritzgebäck (German: [ˈʃpʁɪt͡sɡəˌbɛk] ), also called a spritz cookie in the United States,[1] is a type biscuit or cookie of German and Alsatian-Mosellan origin made of a rich shortcrust pastry. When made correctly, the cookies are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.

The German root verb spritzen (German: [ˌʃpʁɪt͡sn̩] ) is cognate with the English to spurt. As the name implies, these cookies are made by squeezing, or "spritzing", the dough through a cookie press fitted with patterned holes (or extruded through a cake decorator or pastry bag to which a variety of nozzles may be fitted).

See also

References

  1. ^ Dede Wilson (11 October 2011). Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-55832-628-6. Retrieved 19 April 2012.