Cookie Press Butter Cookies

Three recipes to try and compare.  Results pending.  

Spritz
from Better Homes and Gardens HOmemade Cookies 

1 cup Butter, softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
2.33 cups Flour
.5 tsp Baking Powder
.25 tsp Salt

Preheat Oven to 400 F
Cream butter and sugar.
Blend in eggs and flavoring.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt; stir into wet mixture.
Without chilling the dough, pack the dough, half at a time, into a cookie press.  
Press into desired shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet.  

Bake at 400 F for 7 to 8 minutes.   

 Mixing: 10 minutes
Chilling: None
Shaping: 10 minutes
Baking:  7 to 8 minutes

Pressed Cookies
from The New York Times Cook Book

.5 pound Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
.5 cup granulated Sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups flour
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
.5 teaspoon  baking soda
2 tablespoons milk

Preheat Oven to 400 F

Cream butter and sugars
Add eggs and vanilla, cream well
Sift together dry ingredients
Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternatively with the milk .  Mix well. 
Force the dough through the cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  
Bake 10 minutes.

Mix: 15 minutes
Chill: None
Shape: 10 minutes
Bake: 10 minutes