Iced Cranberry Spritz Cookies

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350° and set racks to the top and bottom thirds of the oven.

Put the cranberries in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until they’re very finely ground and beginning to clump together. Use a spatula to redistribute the cranberries as needed if they’re trapped under the blades. Add the butter and continue pulsing until smooth.

In a large mixing bowl, using a standing or handheld mixer, cream the sugar with the cranberry butter. Add the egg and salt and beat to combine. Decrease the speed to low and add the flour, a little at a time, until fully combined. Add the food coloring, one drop at a time, until you achieve your desired shade of pink or red.

Pack the dough into a cookie press with the disc design of your choice. (Don’t refrigerate the dough; it’s best when soft.) Press the cookies out onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake until the cookies are golden at the edges, 9 to 11 minutes. Remove from the sheets and cool on wire racks.

Instructions

While the cookies are cooling, stir the confectioner’s sugar and milk together in a small bowl until smooth. When the cookies are cool, dip each one, upside-down, lightly into the glaze; then return them to the wire racks to dry.