The Best Holiday Cookie? | Melissa Clark’s Almond Spritz Cookies | NYT Cooking

[@shirleyjhaney1041]

I found CUSTOM SPRITZ COOKIE GUN DISKS online for sale!!! And I’m so glad to be able to tell people that bc normally I don’t have anyone to tell that to but maybe with this video someone will be like what! Custom spritz cookie gun disks really?!

[@kaijai4]

I LOVE Melissa and her nerdy, informative, zany, enjoyable, personable way of baking, cooking and teaching on NYT Cooking's YT channel. She's fun to learn from and watch!

[@pattymk13]

I always made spritz cookies (and many other kinds) every year with my mom. She would start the day after Thanksgiving and bt Christmas, she had dozens of different cookies that she gave to everyone! I can't wait to make these almond spritz. Thanks for the recipe & for bringing back such good memories.. y the way, mom is 96 and has finally retired from cookie baking marathons.

[@kaijai4]

God bless your mom and her longevity! May you live a long life, too. Happy holidays and happy baking!

[@alyssaphaan]

I love Melissa Clark and her recipes! So excited for cookie week.

[@yamintow]

Melissa Clark, What an icon. Love watching your videos, Queen.

[@dennisrenton3897]

Being in Australia and being on this planet for 50 years. I have not heard of spritz cookies before or knew such a contraption existed. Genius!

[@Er-sv5tn]

Very very common in the USA around Christmas

[@gloriaturetta8177]

I have to thank Melissa Clark for reminding me that I do have a cookie press stored away and forgotten into some drawer. I think it’s time to dust it off! Jeez, it’s been ages since I last made spritz cookies.

[@MGD313]

Live every week like it's Cookie Week.

[@emilymcglynn]

OMG this was the cookie you would just eat around the clock in December, always out on a plate, my mom would make hundreds of them for parties. I make them vegan now, I think they taste great with vegan butter, I will try the almond version though.

[@Paulxl]

She is my favorite person in cooking YT tied with Sohla.

[@victoriaholden3578]

We always freeze our spritz! they are delicious frozen too, albeit hard to eat.

[@hibikile0812]

Love you, Melissa😘 I made her pecan pie for Thanksgiving and it was sooo good. Now this video of hers convinced me to buy a cookie press gun🍪❣️

[@kaijai4]

I tried her pecan pie recipe for Thanksgiving, too, and my MC pie came out "fabolous"!

[@swimchickky]

I made this for the first time because of this video. Bought a cookie dispenser and the recipe was very easy! Thank you for this. I love them

[@phyllisedmondson8517]

Cookies look so good I can’t wait to make it thank you Melissa 💕

[@mikkokim5998]

So - did the camera crew convert after trying Melissa’s cookie recipe??? Or are they still meh on spritz cookies?? 🤣

[@dayharper9637]

Right? I feel like we've been left with chekhov's {item youtube won't let me comment about}. . .

[@annbrookens945]

Yes! I wondered the same thing! Where is our resolution?

[@patriciaredick9849]

Thank you Melissa..love watching you bake.

[@bagpipes978]

You are so adorable, Melissa! You are also spot on about Spritz cookies. They are absolutely the BEST Xmas Holiday cookies!! I think about Xmas...I associate Spritz cookies with Santa, snow, reindeer on the roof...you know: Christmas! My favourite Holiday of the year! Thank you very much for this great recipe and tips on being successful at making them. I will make my first batch of the season this weekend. Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you!!❤❤❤😊😊😊🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️☃️🌲🌲🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

They are CHRISTMAS cookies!! Not Xmas, Not Holiday.

[@littleabbie3642]

I love her 🥰 she is so sweet

[@sarasomething236]

Excited to try this recipe. My dad passed down a suuuper old cookie press that requires a lot of finessing.

[@MrNice-cn4gj]

Funny to watch this as a German 😊 The German word for those cookies is Spritsgebackenes.

[@nsangbird]

Please do cookie videos for every recipe! I'm trying to make all 24 😄

[@nsangbird]

Also if I have to pay to access any of the recipes, we're fighting. You gotta spread the love!

[@andrewsasala6841]

I have never liked spritz cookies but I’d be willing to try these since they look better than the ones my dad always makes…

[@sabrinanatalie8663]

I chill my dough for about a half hour it holds the shape much nicer!!!

[@bertvandepoel]

Do you chill it before placing it in the gun or before it goes into the oven?

[@Uncle_Steve71]

I use parchment and it works just fine. The dough will stick to it enough.

[@mariat9810]

Omg, this brings back so many memories! Haven't had a spritz cookie since I was a kid. I think it's time to buy a cookie press gun!

[@emilykuehl4567]

First time I've tried spritz cookies--these were easy and quick to make, delicious, and tasted great days after we made them! Thanks for a great recipe we'll make for years to come! PS: Love your necklace! Where's it from? :)

[@mollywolly4201]

Can’t live without spritz cookies during the holidays - but I will say this experience leaves me with a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. It should be stated at the outset that one must subscribe to (and pay for) a subscription to NYT Cooking. Melissa’s chipper delivery is amusing, but the recipe was what I was after.

[@jhumens625]

Does anyone know what number piping tip would make good sized wreaths?

[@annbrookens945]

When I was 13, I found the recipe for spritz cookies (with pictures!) in my mom's cookbook and nagged her until she bought me a cheap cookie press. Boy, did I go to town! It actually ended up being a worthwhile purchase and I have owned several cookie presses since. The one you are using is probably my favorite. I don't recommend a crank style...

[@Midnighterdes8]

What model or brand of cookie press do you recommend buying?

[@slytherinregalsnake7385]

@@Midnighterdes8 I'd love to know too!

[@tonyrandomm]

AMAZING!

[@edisoncummings2970]

I made these a ton growing up!!! Had no idea they were german though.

[@nicoledeburton5169]

These are one of my favorites but I also haven't had them in years... we used to make ours with red and green food coloring which I liked better than the plain color with sprinkles etc. I'm not a big sprinkles person...

[@seasonfaulk7429]

Which cookie press is Melissa using?

[@amyschmidt2798]

I believe it is the OXO brand one. I have that one and it looks the same. Works really well and cleans up easily.

[@seasonfaulk7429]

@@amyschmidt2798 Thanks for letting me know. If it's not too much trouble, could you hook me up with a link? :)

[@lgaines4086]

It's not the Wilton one because it doesn't work this well.

[@seasonfaulk7429]

@@jkuan8602 Is there any way you could give me link?

[@tonyrandomm]

LOVE!

[@lemon_the_spider]

I need to know if she converted that one guy into a spritz cookie lover or not!

[@mahktazayka]

Wowww amazing Love from India 🥰🥰

[@tonyrandomm]

AWESOME!

[@jcilio7004]

Melissa and cookies? 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sfowler1017]

Okay I've been thinking about a cookie press for years but I gotta get one. Are y'all allowed to tell us what brand she is using?

[@yuliasakharyuk7542]

so nice

[@puckpuck88]

Did the video editor cut out where she added the sugar to the mix...? Or is it sugar free...?

[@yagspill]

I agree! Where is the sugar???

[@Kiptid_]

We need closure on the crew member who doesn't like spritz cookies! Did they try one? Did they like it?

[@nathernandez4202]

measurements? everytime I click on the link it doesn’t let me view the recipe :/

[@TheRealJayGutta]

I wanna know if the cameraman liked her cookies after all..😞

[@Dlkny321]

thank you melissa but where hte heck am i supposed to get a spritz gun

[@janetcameron7717]

It's called a cookie press. OXO makes a good one.

[@victoriaholden3578]

I got mine from Homegoods!

[@Dlkny321]

unfortunately i live in a post brexit uk xx cant have anything good here

[@ابرهيمعبدالكريم-ذ2خ]

روعه 👍👍

[@RS-ru5ds]

Recepie??

[@hockeytwn63]

But did Vaughn end up liking these???

[@moniquewilliams3560]

Why tiny video?

[@stricknitt0184]

A piping bag is way to much effort. You actually use a meat grinder with the same typ of attachment the spritz gun has.

[@Brandi_the_Baker]

Did he like your spritz cookie? I need to know!

[@cadler9]

That first laugh does not look fake at all

[@luzgomez-c6q]

You don't say how much of sugar or flour so you are not good to do this

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

Sorry, this video gets a thumbs down for me. Why? These are not "holiday" cookies! Their Christmas cookies! Language is important. Don't try to Snuff out Christmas. If you don't celebrate Christmas, that's your prerogative. But I and millions upon millions of others do in the United States. Their CHRISTMAS cookies!

[@amaz21]

I’m confused… I also believe language is important, but don’t understand your word choice. Do you mean “they’re Christmas cookies” or are you referencing those possessing these cookies? I just made these cookies, but for a birthday (for someone other than Jesus). Are they still Christmas cookies or am I allowed to call them holiday cookies?

[@barbarahopkins5239]

Holiday is from Holy days

[@everythingbutthegirlfan762]

It's Christmas, not "Holiday"

[@zoey6666]

not the best I'm allergic to almonds

[@sfowler1017]

She gave alternatives! Replace the almond flour with all-purpose flour and use vanilla extract instead of almond, then add any flavors you like-citrus zest, cinnamon, cardamom, etc. They'll be so yummy.

[@Paulxl]

She said in the video you can use regular flour.

[@FirstWorlder]

Annoying isn’t she?

[@emilykuehl4871]

First time I've tried spritz cookies--these were easy and quick to make, delicious, and tasted great days after we made them! Thanks for a great recipe we'll make for years to come! PS: Love your necklace! Where's it from? :)