Making Lovely Cookies Using Molds, Stamps and Presses
I thought it would be interesting to gather all the different styles of cookie molds and presses into one place, so I made this lens. Like my Gingerbread and Sugar Cookies lenses, this one has opened the door to a worldwide cookie mold phenomenon I didn't know existed. If you really want to learn about something, make a lens!
Cool cat cookie mold image courtesy of loan Sameli on Flickr.
Sandbakelser, or Swedish Cookie Shells
Buttery melt-in-your mouth cookies...
Image courtesy of anhsphoto on Flickr.
My mom made these when I was a kid but not very often because they are time consuming. Baked in tiny tartlet pans such as those below, they look like shells when turned out of the pans. The recipe below suggests fillings for them but they're great plain.
Sandbakelser Recipe
Traditional Swedish cookie tarts filled with preserves
Makes about 60
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups sifted enriched flour
Filling such as whipped cream, jam, or preserves
Thoroughly cream butter and sugar; add egg and beat well. Add almond extract. Stir in flour. Pinch off a small ball of dough and place in center of small tartlet mold (available here); with thumb, press dough evenly and as thinly as possible over bottom and sides. Place molds on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F about 12 minutes or till lightly browned. Cool. To remove: Invert molds and tap lightly. (clean molds with dry cloth only). Before serving, fill tarts with whipped cream, jam, or preserves, as desired.
Recipe from christmas-cookies.com.
The recipe on this page uses ground almonds and is more like my family's recipe.
Chinese Cookie Molds and Cinnamon Buddha Cookie Recipe
Image courtesy of jo3f on Flickr.
CINNAMON BUDDHA COOKIES
adapted from Dorie Greenspan's book "Baking: From My Home to Yours" (Sweet Tart Dough recipe)
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 stick plus 1 tbsp (9 tbsp) unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
* 1 large egg yolk
* 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Recipe continued at the Cafe Fernando Istanbul blog.
Rabbit Moon Cookie Mold - Sold by: The Wok Shop
Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/05/2009) 
Chicken Moon Cookie Mold - Sold by: The Wok Shop
Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/05/2009)
Butterfly Moon Cookie Mold - Sold by: The Wok Shop
Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/05/2009)
Fish Moon Cookie Mold - Sold by: The Wok Shop
Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/05/2009)
Foo Dog Moon Cookie Mold - Sold by: The Wok Shop
Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/05/2009)
Lemon Cheese Spritz Cookie Recipe
Posted by BettyBoop at recipegoldmine
[Tips for making spritz cookies.]
1) Don't grease cookie sheets.
2) Add flour gradually.
3) Check for dough consistency before adding all of the flour.
4) If dough is too dry, add 1 egg yolk.
5) If dough is too soft, chill 30 to 60 min.
Yield: approximately 5 dozen
1 C. softened sweet butter
3 oz. softened cream cheese
1 C. sugar
1 egg
1 tea. grated lemon peel
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 C. flour
1 tea. baking powder
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. To the creamed mixture add egg, lemon peel, lemon juice, flour and baking powder, beating until creamy smooth.
Fill press with dough and form desired shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake approximately 10 to 12 min. or until lightly browned on edges.
Image courtesy of Hankins on Flickr.
Cookie Presses
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Butterscotch Pressed Cookies
Image courtesy of Eudaemonius on Flickr.
French Madeleines
In a class by themselves...
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Delicate and buttery, french madeleines are somewhere between cake and cookie. A recipe only makes one tray at a time (see mold below) and they are best eaten the same day as baked. One of my English Lit professors made them once a year for his literary students as an extra special treat. I think of madeleines as being rare and rich.
I found the recipe below at The Worldwide Gourmet. It doesn't say to butter the molds but you should, and a moderate oven is 350 degrees F.
Ingredients
120 g (4 oz.) powdered sugar
120 g (4 oz.) flour
120 g (4 oz.) butter
4 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
A few drops of vanilla or a pinch of powdered vanilla
Grated zest of an orange or lemon
Instructions continued here ...
Chicago Metallic 12-Cup Nonstick Madeleine Pan
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 07/05/2009)
Paderno World Cuisine 12 Imprint 15.5 by 7.875 Inch Tin Madeleine Sheet
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 07/05/2009)
SCI Scandicrafts 12-cup Madeleine Pan
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 07/05/2009)
Blog Talk
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Brown Bag Cookie Molds and Orange Spice Cookie Recipe
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Orange Spice Cookies
1/2 cup butter - softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar - packed
1 egg (medium or large)
1 Tablespoon grated orange rind
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 Tablespoon orange liquor
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/8 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups flour - scoop measured (use your measuring cup to scoop flour from the bag, then level)
Thoroughly cream the softened butter and sugar together by hand or with a mixer. Beat in the egg (if using a mixer, use the slowest speed), the grated orange and lemon rinds, and the orange liquor. In a separate bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, then stir them into the butter mixture. Knead for a minute. Chill the dough for 30 minutes and mold cookies as directed.
Bake at 350 F in the top third of your oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are nicely browned.
Recipe from iVillage.
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Making Paper Casts With Cookie Molds
For ornaments or mixed media art or cards, etc...
Paper Cast Santa
Bethany is back with a Paper Cast Santa using a beautiful vintage inspired cookie mold and paper pulp. She blends up a charming dimensional Santa that is the focal point for her scrapbook page focusing on family gatherings down through the years. What else can you make with these cookie molds? Why, cookies—of course! Yummy!
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Pampered Chef Cookie Molds
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- claremontroad
- @lsuaimzgurl I used flower cookie cutters... A little wobbly so I think I'd try the molds next time! But hey they taste good :-)
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- lsuaimzgurl
- @claremontroad OMG....have fun making them, if you do! You'll have a blast! Are you using molds or flower cookie cutters?
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- Cherokee2008
- Lots of copper items on my listings. molds, cookie cutters, and lots more @ http://www.bonanzle.com/marycarol
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- MeghanJG
- just agreed to help a cookie-recipe cookbook author test her recipes. She'll send me directions and cookie molds free. Score!
Brown Bag Cookie Mold Stamps
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Try these stamps and molds with gingerbread.
Rycraft Cookie Molds
Image courtesy of grevillea on Flickr.
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Many of these molds can be used to make shortbread.
Wood Cookie Molds
Image courtesy of headlessspider on Flickr.
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Image courtesy of distopiandreamgirl on Flickr.
Springerle were made infrequently by my mom's family, mainly to honor our German ancestors and because they're so pretty. I remember not liking them much as a kid because they seemed bitter with the anise flavor and they were very hard. The anise and setting them out to dry overnight before baking is what makes Springerle unique. The recipe below looks a lot friendlier than the one in my family recipe box.
Ingredients
4 Egg -- medium
1 lb Powdered sugar
1 tb Lemon peel -- grated
4 1/2 c Cake flour -- sifted
1 t Baking powder
1/4 ts Anise extract
Instructions
Beat eggs until light. Stir in sugar and beat well. Add extract, rind and flour sifted with baking powder. Mix will. Chill 1 hour. Roll out ONE HALF INCH thick on floured board. Roll springerle pin over dough, or press mold into top, flouring pin or mold each time. Pam also helps. Expose to air overnight. Cut cookies apart and arrange on baking sheet. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Do not overbrown. Not everyone likes the licorice flavor of anise, so orange, lemon, or vanilla may be substituted if desired. Store cookies in covered container with apple slices for 10 days before serving.
Recipe from iDivine Recipes
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I came across this website during my searches for recipes to go with the cookie molds. It's a beautiful site with springerle presses, cookie stamps, cookie molds, spekulatius molds & speculaas boards, even butter molds, all hand carved. I think these would be great for collectors. The site has recipes , too, such as the sample below.
Cream Cheese Butter Cookies
Gene's favorite cookies - other than springerles
2 (3 oz) pkgs. cream cheese
softened
1 cup margarine, softened
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
Click here for instructions...
By the way, I get nothing for promoting this site, I just think it's a well thought out site and business.
Cast Iron Cookie Molds
Image courtesy of tiny banquet committee on Flickr.
At The Shortbread Menagerie I found a great blog entry that gives the details of the blogger's journey into baking shortbread in cast iron cookie molds such as these.
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Image courtesy of maco on Flickr.
"Mamoul are Middle Eastern cookies served typically for special holidays such as Pascha. The cookies have three traditional fillings including walnut, pistachio and date. Each is formed in a specific designed wooden mold. The design on the cookie lets you know what the filling is inside." This quote is from the GourmetSleuth website which has recipes for Mamoul as well as the cookie molds such as those below.
Image courtesy of jimzk@prodigy.net on Flickr.
Pfaltzgraff Collectible Cookie Molds
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Image courtesy of pix4yourmouf on Flickr.
SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon milk or cream
1/3 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
The rest of the instructions can be found here at Recipezaar.
Lenox China Collectible Cookie Molds
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The Baker's Workhorse
KitchenAid KP26M1XNP Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, Nickel Pearl
Amazon Price: $309.99 (as of 07/05/2009)
There is a reason why you see all the TV chefs cooking with this mixer. It rocks! Cut your preparation time down in half or more. Completely mix things perfectly. What's not to love? It may seem like a luxury but I see a home baking coming back into style as money gets tight and as more and more people want to control the ingredients in their food. It's well worth the cost because of the time it saves. Great for mixing bread dough, too.
Chocolate Pressed Cookie Recipe
Image courtesy of Eudaemonius on Flickr.
What's your favorite?
Evelyn_Saenz wrote...
I've always made drop cookies but your lens has inspired me to try making some molded cookies. Great lens!
Lensrolled to Grandma Dewey's Lumberjack Cookies.
Posted May 23, 2009
OhMe wrote...
Wonderfully delicious lens. I make Cooke Press Cookies every year at Christmastime and plan on making a lens this year while I am making them. Ought to be interesting with my grandson helping. You did a wonderful job on this and I enjoyed it very much.
Posted December 07, 2008
JaguarJulie wrote...
I love cookie molds. This reminds me of a rather funny story -- years ago, my sister made christmas decorations for the tree that were actually shaped like cookies, BUT rock hard. She started to serve them to my date, but stopped him before he bit into one and broke a tooth. ;)
Posted November 29, 2008
sandyspider wrote...
With the holidays just around the corner...this really takes the cookie! Great lens! Thanks for being my tagfoot friend.
Posted November 18, 2008
Jewelsofawe wrote...
Great lens. I love how put recipes for all the treats...
Posted November 18, 2008
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