Spritz

Source: Old Swedish Family Recipe
Yield: about four pans past when you're sick of using the cookie press (aka, a lot)

2 c. butter
1 egg or 2 egg yolks
1 c. sugar (scant)
1/2 ts. vanilla
4 1/2 c. flour (scant)

Beat butter until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix until well combined, then add sugar and vanilla. Mix well.

Add flour 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly blended.

Using a cookie press, arrange on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with sprinkled colored sugar or small colored balls of sugar. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Half this. Seriously. It makes a gazillion cookies. Also, cookie presses are fun even though mom always wants wreaths and trees and we never get to make fun shapes like camels. The traditional cookies were pretzel shaped.