crimson Kool Aid gives regular pickles a vibrant crimson color and a fruity sweetness that balances out their typical tang. The kids I babysit for enjoy them. They supposedly started off in the Southern US. Also, I’ve heard they’re bar snacks, which could help to explain a lot. Although I must admit that they are attractive, I am not really fond of them.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 45 |
| Yield: | 45 cookies |
Ingredients
- ⅝ cup shortening
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup multicolored candy sprinkles (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg, and stir in vanilla and milk. Combine the flour, cocoa, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Fill cookie press, and press onto ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with sprinkles if desired.
- Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 84 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 28 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Well I heard everybody’s warning about the batter being too stiff, so I followed the suggestions to increase the liquid and used two eggs, and mine was too soft! In the oven they flattened out and merged, so there was almost no form left to them. I think it might be because I was I was using Crisco baking sticks end it seems a lot softer than regular Crisco. But I gave it 5 stars anyway because I hate when people alter a recipe and then take away stars because it didn’t work out. I loved the taste and texture though!
I read the reviews before making this cookie and decided to add 2 more tablespoons of shortening to the batter. I used Crisco butter flavored sticks. The result was a batter that was a bit dry, not sticky at all and I had no trouble pressing these with my cookie press. The result was a crispy spritz cookie with a strong chocolate flavor, just what I wanted. I will make these again.
Made it per the recipe and it came out WAY to dry! I added 1 extra egg and 2 TBSP more milk, and it came out beautifully!
I made this recipe using the additional egg, 1 tps vanilla and 1 tblsp of milk as other reviewers suggested. The dough came through the press beautifully, but the cookies were rock hard after cooking and cooling. I’ll try these again with less cook time.
I’m not sure where I went wrong. The dough went though the press fine, but the cookies were hard. Taste wise, they were ok, but nothing I would consider making again.
Lackluster cookies.
No stars in my opinion. I followed the recipe exactly as stated, however, the cookie dough was dry and crumbly. It processed through the cookie press alright but the cookies when done baking were hard as rocks. I tried baking for less time, and they weren’t good at all. I was disappointed to say the least.
4 stars because had to tweak the recipe. Used almost 1 cup (180g) of shortening, and 3-4 tbsp buttermilk. Very tasty and chocolaty. However, to prevent spreading next time, I will use indicated amount of shortening and just add the egg and buttermilk to compare.
I loved these cookies i followed everyone else and added an extra egg, a full tsp. of Vanilla, and 2 tblsp. of milk. They came out like brownie cookies. I dont have a cookie press so I just rolled them into small balls and pressed them with the back of a spoon. Then after they came out I let them cool and I drizzled a vanilla glaze over them. Totally made them our favorite.
These looked right, but ended up as brown scorch marks on my baking sheets, despite trying two different batches on different kinds of baking sheets. Horrible!
I tried the recipe and substituted the shortening with butter. I followed the rest of the recipes as is as I didn’t red the comments first… I had no trouble with the cookie press other than the stencil kept popping out (but I beleive it is more link with cookie press issue than the recipes). The cookies are good but I was disappointed that they didn’t keep there shape when baking. Event though I decreased the baking time, the cookies are way to crisp with no chewy area. I will try again…
They tasted delicious, but didn’t work in the press at all – as others have said. I tried adding milk, but just couldn’t get the right consistency. Ended up making drop cookies. My son still loved them, but we made the recipe to use the cookie press, so were very disappointed.
dough was too dry so i refridgerated for about 5 mins then it worked better, but the finished product tasted almost like play dough. i am not sure why
Even after adding an egg (2 total), increasing the milk to 2 tbsp, increasing the vanilla to 1 tsp, and adding an extra 2 tbsp of butter, the dough was too thick and sticky to make it through my press. I ended up rolling them into balls, pressing them down with the bottom of a glass, then dusting them with powdered sugar right out of the oven. (I used dutch process cocoa, though that shouldn’t make a difference in this recipe.) Make these cookies – they’re delicious – just don’t try to put them through your cookie press.
The dough was too dry so I took the advice of others and added 4 tsp of milk. Now the dough won’t come out of the press. It tastes good but doesn’t look good. I just rolled them into balls and then rolled some out and let my kids cut cookies into them. 🙁 Boo I was looking forward to this.
Very easy to make. only 10 minnites in the oven. the best cookies i ever ate!! this is a G$ resipe.
I found this dough to be much to stiff to go through a cookie press. I added a total of 2.5 TBLS of milk and 1 tsp on baking powder and then it worked great in the cookie press. Great texture. Almost like a brownie.
while the cookies taste wonderful, and the recipe ends up yeilding a lot of cookies, I can only give 3 stars because I had to ad fluids to the recipe. while I was mixing it according to the directions, I noticed that the batter was quite thick and dry, too much so in fact. I simply added some extra milk and shortening until it was the right consistency. I will totally make these again
This is not a press recipe – Be warned!
I adjusted/substituted the recipe by the following and they were perfect for the cookie press. 3/4 cup butter 2 beaten eggs 2 tablespoons milk
Chewy and wonderful! I added 1/2 c melted and cooled chocolate chips and made ice cream sandwiches!