Spritzgebäck

Spritzgebäck (German: [ˈʃpʁɪtsɡəˌbɛk] ^ⓘ), also called a spritz cookie in the United States,^[1] is a type of 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.

TypeBiscuit / Cookie

Place of originGermany, France (Alsace and Moselle)

Main ingredientsflour, butter, sugar, eggs

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Spritzgebäck

Type	Biscuit / Cookie
Place of origin	Germany, France (Alsace and Moselle)
Main ingredients	flour, butter, sugar, eggs
Cookbook: Spritzgeback

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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).