"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:24:02 -0500, "Julianne" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >>
> >> "Julianne" > wrote in message
> >> news:17bjb.89705$k74.84259@lakeread05...
> >> > I bought a new cookie press at Wal-Mart this weekend shortly after
> >avowing
> >> > that I would buy no more useless kitchen gadgets. As of yet, I
haven't
> >> > found any recipes I like. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >>
> >> What don't you like about the recipes you have found?
> >
> >I have no expience with good recipes. None came with the gizmo (isn't
that
> >odd) and the ones I looked up on the net were not quite right. The first
> >was a cinnamon type and the taste was devine but it was too sticky to be
> >fully operational in the press. The second one was just plain bad. It
> >tasted horrible and it was messy and (I think), too thick for the press.
>
> I made cookies with a press years (and years) ago, and found chilling
> the baking sheets helped the cookies stick to the sheet instead of the
> press. In fact, chilling the dough might help, too, 'though not for
> the 'too thick' recipe.

I have chilled the baking sheets and that can help. I doubt that chilling
the press would be of any utility. Some dough with high butter content
benefits from being chilled, especially if the kitchen is hot. In the end,
I think that you just have to get a feel for your cookie press. You have to
know how much dough to extrude and how fast to pull it away from the sheet.