Cookie Press Blues: Tips for Successful Cookie-Making

[nicolespcshows]

I have had several people say they hate their cookie press. I am not fond of mine either. Everytime I use it my cookies get really messed up. Does anyone have any tricks to share. Do you have to let the stoneware totally cool before you put another batch on. I am an idiot...I just can't figure it out.

 

[heat123]

Practice, practice, practice! Is what I have heard! I have mine but only tried it a couple of times and mine were a dud. Two other customers complained about how hard it is to use but that one of their kids played with it for awhile to get the hang of it and their cookies turned out pretty!

 

[AuntKat]

I have used mine twiceand I love it. I have found that if I use two stones the first one cools enough by the time your ready to put it back in that the cookies adhere better. There is diffently a nack to using them. Practice makes purfect.

Kathy Griffith
W Memphis AR

 

[Ginger428]

I have had several people say they hate their cookie press. I am not fond of mine either. Everytime I use it my cookies get really messed up. Does anyone have any tricks to share. Do you have to let the stoneware totally cool before you put another batch on. I am an idiot...I just can't figure it out.

Just gave mine away....a friend said she loves using it, but didnt have 1...WELL she does NOW!! HATE IT!!!

 

[mminikus]

I can't get mine to work well at all. I have tried it several times and they have flopped everytime. I can't say it is because I don't know how to use one either. I have a Wilton one that I bought several years ago and my cookies are perfect everytime. Help, any tips other than practice. I have even thought about sending it back and getting another one. But after reading this thread, I have decided I am not the only one that is having problems.

 

[jrstephens]

To make the dough come out easier I put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds if it is cold. Bringing it to room temperature helps a lot. I have good look with some designs and bad luck with others. I have only used it once though. And I let my stone cool some but not a lot and I think using more than one stone would work better b/c when I but the second batch on the warm stone they lost their shape before they cooked b/c of the heat.

 

[Ginger428]

To make the dough come out easier I put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds if it is cold. Bringing it to room temperature helps a lot. I have good look with some designs and bad luck with others. I have only used it once though. And I let my stone cool some but not a lot and I think using more than one stone would work better b/c when I but the second batch on the warm stone they lost their shape before they cooked b/c of the heat.

WAY toooooooooooooooo much trouble for me . The 1 time I tried to use it, it was from the cookie cards that we sell through the supply orders.

 

[jenniferlynne]

If you do a search you will find all kinds of threads about everyone's love/hate relationship with the cookie press. I posted some recipes that are supposed to work great (haven't tried them yet myself) when someone else was having troubles.