New Cookie Press

beckyjsmith · 11-06-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chefstover2

yup...and they turn out delish! Talk about a budget recipe! It's actually a good demo, too:

-Batter Bowl
-Measuring Cup Set
-Measure-All Cup
-Mix & Mash
-Large Scoop
-Cookie Press
-Decorator Bottle Set
-Scrapers ('cause the scoop doesn't get all the batter)
-Stoneware
-Mini Serving Spatula
-Oven Mitts
-Hot Pad/Trivet
-Snowmen Platter
-2-cup prep-bowl (for melting chocolate in the microwave for dipping, if you like)

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of now.

I'm offering this as part of a December Cookie Exchange party.

I like the recipe. The only thing I would change in the demo is that * I* would use the stainless mixing bowl instead of the batter bowl. I would talk about the benefits of the batter bowl when I talk about the prep bowls. My reasoning is that I have never had a host book to get products that are fairly easy to afford. By throwing the stainless mixing bowl set in there you have a booking *carrot* .Just a suggestion.

ChefPaulaB · 11-06-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by beckyjsmith

I like the recipe. The only thing I would change in the demo is that * I* would use the stainless mixing bowl instead of the batter bowl. I would talk about the benefits of the batter bowl when I talk about the prep bowls. My reasoning is that I have never had a host book to get products that are fairly easy to afford. By throwing the stainless mixing bowl set in there you have a booking *carrot* .Just a suggestion.

It's also lighter to carry to the show!

Chefgirl2 · 11-06-2009, 06:31 PM

A customer at last night's show suggested I "rice" cauliflower with the cookie press. She is diabetic and substitutes cauliflower for mashed potatoes. I'm not brave enough to try it, but it sounds possible...anyone daring enough to try?

Triple K · 11-08-2009, 09:22 PM

I tried the new cookie press for the first time tonight using the recipe that came with the press. My dough wasn't crumbly - it was too soft! The cookies came out I used the PC cookie sheets, but they spread - so my trees were fat and buterflys too wide. Any suggestions for this problem?

AJPratt · 11-08-2009, 10:22 PM

Maybe a little less butter next time. But for this time you could try a tbs of more flour, but you have to be careful, otherwise it will taste flour-y.

Lisa/ChefBear · 11-09-2009, 01:29 AM

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The only thing I would change in the demo is that * I* would use the stainless mixing bowl instead of the batter bowl.

I would also take SS bowls. I would talk about depending on kind of cookie you are making, and HOW many, the SS bowls come in a set of 3, and you could be making up to 3 kinds of cookie batter at work at one time. I've got family recipes that need to "rest" in fridge. Well I put in my SS bowls, that lid goes on and keeps tight seal.

Also upselling and that's can hurt.

Lisa

KaiKendall · 11-09-2009, 01:29 AM

just used my CP for the first time with that pb cookie and it was awesome!! let my son pick out the die and let him turn it out too... hes only 4! he was so excited, it was fun and i usually cant stand him helping me lol. awesome demo for show, it's not even that messy for using pb...

as for the cauliflower... u might have to REALLY cook it down for it to be soft enough to rice, and it mght not have any flavor left. interesting theory, and i obviously haven't used the ricing function of the CP yet, but it might not be worth it with cauliflower...?

Lisa/ChefBear · 11-09-2009, 01:32 AM

I've not used my CP yet, going to this week.

With the ricer part, my cousin takes and steams cauliflower and mashes it and serves it as Mashed "potatoes" so her kids LOVE to come to others homes or my grandma's home they will get actual potatoes, when she saw this came with ricing blade, she's interested in also using this for her cauliflower.

I've thought about mixing cauliflower with potatoes to try and sneak in another good for you factor, but just haven't done it yet.

nikked · 11-11-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by chef131doreen

All Occasion Cookies
You can add food coloring to the batter too
1 (18.25 oz) pkg white cake mix
2 3/4 cups flour
1 lb butter or margarine, divided (do not use vegetable oil spread)
milk or egg white so sugar will stick to cookie
Optional decorations: colored sugar crystals, sprinkles, chopped nuts, Decorator Icing, Melted Chocolate or powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350. In Small Batter Bowl, microwave 2 sticks of the butter on HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Slice remaining butter into 1/2 inch pieces; add to melted butter, tossing to coat. Allow butter to stand 3-5 minutes or until softened. Meanwhile, in large bowl, combine cake mix and flour; blend well using Stainless Steel Whisk, breaking up any large lumps. Whisk butter until smooth and free of lumps. If necessary, microwave butter an additional 10-20 seconds or until creamy and pourable. Do not melt completely. Pour butter all at once into dry ingredients, scraping butter from batter bowl. Mix until dry ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth. (If dough is too stiff to stir, knead by hand until smooth). Fill Cookie Press, fitted with disk of your choice, with dough. Press dough onto flat Baking Stone, 1 inch apart. To decorate cookies before baking, brush unbaked cookies lightly with milk or egg white using Pastry Brush and sprinkle with colored sugar crystals, sprinkles or finely chopped nuts. Bake cookies on flat Baking Stone 15-17 minutes or until very light golden brown. Cool 3 minutes on baking stone; remove to Cooling Rack. Cool completely. To decorate cookies after baking using Decorator Icing or Melted Chocolate, or sprinkle with powdered sugar using Flour/Sugar Shaker. Makes about 8 dozen cookies.

Does this same concept work using, say, a CHOCOLATE cake? I have a recipe for cookies using cake mix that you can use whatever flavor you like, but wasn't sure about this one!

Thanks!

nikked · 11-12-2009, 06:55 PM

Bumping for a second look at my question (see previous post)...

thanks!

esavvymom · 11-15-2009, 02:45 PM

Nicole - I don't see why you COULDN'T use a chocolate cake in place of a white cake. a cake is a cake, right?

esavvymom · 11-15-2009, 02:47 PM

Now- I have another question along the lines of the Cookie Press and what it can/cannot do.

Had a customer ask me if we could use our cookie press for a Sesame Seed cookie? She said she had an old cookie press (alot like what ours is styled after, but this one she had was decades old) and she used it for this sesame seed cookie recipe. She did say that even with that one, it was very hard to get the dough through and they often had to stop and clean the machine out,e tc. She asked about ours.

I told her probably NOT, but that I would check. I'm going to steer her towards the Scoops instead, but thought I'd check with ya'll first.

I don't know much about Sesame Seed Cookies myself.

Lisa/ChefBear · 11-18-2009, 04:37 PM

Bobbi,
Could you get the recipe from her for

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Sesame Seed Cookies

.

Maybe one of us could try it and see.

Lisa

11-06-2009, 06:31 PM	#23
Chefgirl2 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 702 Best Show: $1,629 Experience: 10 # of Shows: 1069	Re: New Cookie Press A customer at last night's show suggested I "rice" cauliflower with the cookie press. She is diabetic and substitutes cauliflower for mashed potatoes. I'm not brave enough to try it, but it sounds possible...anyone daring enough to try?

11-08-2009, 09:22 PM	#24
Triple K Location: Burlington NJ Posts: 7 Best Show: $2,130 Experience: 1+ # of Shows: 26	Re: New Cookie Press I tried the new cookie press for the first time tonight using the recipe that came with the press. My dough wasn't crumbly - it was too soft! The cookies came out I used the PC cookie sheets, but they spread - so my trees were fat and buterflys too wide. Any suggestions for this problem?

11-08-2009, 10:22 PM	#25
AJPratt Location: NJ Posts: 6,343 Best Show: 2500 Experience: 4 # of Shows: 100 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press Maybe a little less butter next time. But for this time you could try a tbs of more flour, but you have to be careful, otherwise it will taste flour-y.

11-09-2009, 01:29 AM	#27
KaiKendall Location: Port Hueneme Posts: 60 Best Show: $528 Experience: # of Shows: 6 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press just used my CP for the first time with that pb cookie and it was awesome!! let my son pick out the die and let him turn it out too... hes only 4! he was so excited, it was fun and i usually cant stand him helping me lol. awesome demo for show, it's not even that messy for using pb... as for the cauliflower... u might have to REALLY cook it down for it to be soft enough to rice, and it mght not have any flavor left. interesting theory, and i obviously haven't used the ricing function of the CP yet, but it might not be worth it with cauliflower...?

11-09-2009, 01:32 AM	#28
Lisa/ChefBear Location: NE PA Posts: 1,039 Best Show: $4 K Experience: 4 # of Shows: 289 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press I've not used my CP yet, going to this week. With the ricer part, my cousin takes and steams cauliflower and mashes it and serves it as Mashed "potatoes" so her kids LOVE to come to others homes or my grandma's home they will get actual potatoes, when she saw this came with ricing blade, she's interested in also using this for her cauliflower. I've thought about mixing cauliflower with potatoes to try and sneak in another good for you factor, but just haven't done it yet.

11-12-2009, 06:55 PM	#30
nikked Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 1,454 Best Show: 1210 Experience: ?? # of Shows: 97 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press Bumping for a second look at my question (see previous post)... thanks!

11-15-2009, 02:45 PM	#31
esavvymom Location: NC Posts: 2,141 Best Show: 768 Experience: 1+ # of Shows: 20 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press Nicole - I don't see why you COULDN'T use a chocolate cake in place of a white cake. a cake is a cake, right?

11-15-2009, 02:47 PM	#32
esavvymom Location: NC Posts: 2,141 Best Show: 768 Experience: 1+ # of Shows: 20 My Mood:	Re: New Cookie Press Now- I have another question along the lines of the Cookie Press and what it can/cannot do. Had a customer ask me if we could use our cookie press for a Sesame Seed cookie? She said she had an old cookie press (alot like what ours is styled after, but this one she had was decades old) and she used it for this sesame seed cookie recipe. She did say that even with that one, it was very hard to get the dough through and they often had to stop and clean the machine out,e tc. She asked about ours. I told her probably NOT, but that I would check. I'm going to steer her towards the Scoops instead, but thought I'd check with ya'll first. I don't know much about Sesame Seed Cookies myself.

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