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Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Rounded 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Special equipment: a cookie press fitted with a star, bow, circle, or ribbon plate*
Method
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts in a large bowl with an electric mixer at moderately high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add egg and beat well.
- Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined.
- Quarter dough and put 1 piece into cookie press.
- Holding press slightly above ungreased baking sheets, squeeze out dough to form cookies (follow manufacturer's instructions), spacing them about 3 inches apart.
- Form more cookies with remaining dough in same manner.
- Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool.
