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[[File:Holiday Cookie Tray.jpg|thumb|Traditional holiday cookie plate with green tree-shaped spritz]]
A '''spritzgebäck''' is a type of [[Germany|German]] [[cookie]]. They are relatively easy to make and require only common ingredients, including [[egg (food)|eggs]], [[butter]], [[sugar]], and [[flour]]. When made correctly, they are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.
'''''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
Spritzgebäck is a common pastry in Germany and served often during [[Christmas|Christmas time]].
[[cookie press]] fitted with patterned holes (or extruded through a cake decorator or pastry bag to which a variety of nozzles may be fitted).
During this time, it is not unusual for mothers to spend the afternoons baking with their children for one or two weeks.
Traditionally, mothers bake Spritzgebäck after their own special recipes, which they pass down to their children.


==See also==
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* [[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]]
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[[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.