I just tried breaking in my Hutzler cookie press today, an "impulse
buy" from last year. I followed one of the recipes mentioned inside the
box (7 oz. butter, 1/2 c. sugar, 2 egg yolks, 2 c. flour, dash salt)
and chilled the dough for a couple of hours.

Filled the tube with a roll of dough, went to press it, and couldn't
get the dough to stick to the pan. (It was ungreased.) I put the press
right against the pan, nothing...held it up an inch, nothing. The dough
was coming out, but it wasn't detaching from the bottom of the tube.

This is my first go-round with cookie presses; is this a common
problem? Was the dough too soft? It shouldn't have been after being in
the fridge for over 3 hours.

Thanks.