Help! Cookie Press Recipe needed!

[Miss Mary]

I'm looking for an old Mirro Cookie Press cookie recipe:

Holly Wreaths

or

Cream Cheese Holly Wreaths


You use the star disc and create xmas wreaths. Cream Cheese replaces the need for butter. They're so good!!!

If anyone has this recipe, I'd appreciate you posting it. I've lost mine.

Mary

[Guest]

Miss Mary this is what I found. I did a search on Mirro Cookie Press Holly Wreath Recipe and this came up - has the cream cheese in it.....


Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
This recipe was in my mirro recipe booklet.
1 cup shortening
1 (3 oz.) package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. grated orange rind
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Cream shortening, cream cheese and sugar
well. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and grated
orange rind. Gradually blend in flour, salt
and cinnamon which have been sifted together.
Fill mirro cookie press. Form cookies on
ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 350 degrees
for 12- 15 minutes. Remove at once to
cooling racks. Yields: 6-7 dozen cookies

[Miss Mary]

Patricia - that's very close to what I used to have I think. Don't remember adding cinnamon though. I'll sure try it. The cream cheese makes the cookies very soft, and sweet.

Thanks!

Mary

[Miss Mary]

Patricia - tried this recipe using shortening and it clogged up my cookie press. I had to add milk to make it more pliable. That worked.

I've decided to substitute butter for shortening in any recipe. Years ago I didn't think twice about using Crisco. Now I'll look at that stuff and think - no wonder people's arteries are clogged up. I know butter does the same thing, but at xmas time butter is the best choice. It just tastes better.

Mary

[Miss Mary]

A good friend of mine has the recipe I wanted! Thought I'd post it if anyone needs another cream cheese cookie press recipe.

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HOLLY WREATHS
Bake 375 degrees for 8-10 min.
 
1/2 c. butter
1/2  3 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c. sifted flour
 
Cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar well. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour.
Fill cookie press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheet using star plate #2..
Form wreaths and gently push ends together. Bake.
 
Yield 2 dozen cookies.

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Mary

[Guest]

Glad you found it Miss Mary. Nothing like the real thing. I'm making the carmel corn tomorrow nice and a batch of chocolate fudge.....getting them ready for gifts....

Merry Christmas _ Miss Mary...to you and your family....