What Are Pressed Cookies?
Pressed cookies are typically cookies that are made through the use of a cookie gun or similar device that allows cookie dough to be pressed through an extruding nozzle onto a baking sheet. These kinds of cookies often come in shapes or patterns, and can be the size of drop cookies or prepared in longer strips or tubes of dough before baking. While easily made year-round, pressed cookies are often prepared for holidays or other celebratory occasions, often due to the simplicity of making the cookies into festive shapes and designs. Soft dough is typically used in making pressed cookies, which are often made simply with butter, flour, egg, and sugar. The simple nature of this dough means that it usually does not require chilling or freezing before use, which makes these easy and fairly quick to prepare. For more flavorful cookies, additional ingredients may be added, such as vanilla extract, almond extract, and flavored liquors such as brandy, rum, lemon liquor such as limoncello, and c
