Spritzgebäck
| Type | Biscuit / Cookie |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Germany, France (Alsace and Moselle) |
| Main ingredients | flour, butter, sugar, eggs |
Spritzgebäck (German: [ˈʃpʁɪtsɡəˌbɛk] ⓘ), also called a spritz cookie in the United States, 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: [ˈʃpʁɪtsn̩] ⓘ) is cognate with the English 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 forcing bag to which a variety of nozzles may be fitted).