Puttin' on the Spritz

Making spritz cookies was supposed to be a lovely holiday tradition - but it became an annual irritation akin to untangling lights. Over the years, we’ve tried nearly every cookie press on the market, from big-box bargains to specialty-store splurges, all promising “effortless” perfection. What they delivered instead was a masterclass in frustration, dough blowouts and cookies that absolutely refused to release.

This year, we chose nostalgia over innovation and went straight to the online resale marketplace in search of a vintage cookie press from the 1960s. Enter the humble, tin-can-looking relic—no bells, no whistles, just old fashioned mechanics producing perfect spritz cookies on the first squeeze.

Feeling as old as the cookie press, we've officially crossed into that phase of life where we mutter, “They don’t make ’em like they used to,” while eating freshly baked spritz cookie and feeling deeply, inconveniently correct.

Vintage spritz cookie press.