Spritzgebäck
Spritzgebäck, also called a spritz cookie in the United States, is a type of biscuit or cookie of German and Alsatian-Mosellan origin made of a rich shortcrust pastry. When made correctly, the cookies are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.
The German root verb wikt:spritzen is cognate with the English spurt. As the name implies, these cookies are made by squeezing, or "spritzing", the dough through a
cookie press fitted with patterned holes.