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Those butter cookies that you're talking about are often called "spritz cookies," and we have several spritz recipes on the Bake Decorate Celebrate website. Make sure your dough is at room temperature when you pipe it.. This is a softer dough, but it is still fairly stiff. Instead of piping the dough out of a bag, which is hard work on your hands, consider using a cookie press, which works great with these spritz recipes, and also comes with lots of shape plates. You can make the classic spritz that look like large stars, and so much more.