How to Use a Clay Cookie Mold
For centuries, bakers have used wooden and clay molds to create intricately detailed picture cookies. As far back as the 14th century, Swiss and German bakers were using cookie molds to bake the Springerle cookies that are still part of many families' Christmas and Easter holiday traditions. The earliest Springerle cookie molds depicted scenes from the Bible. According to the Web site of Kallashouse, a maker of clay molds, these unique cookies were used "as betrothal tokens between lovers; to celebrate nuptials and births and daily life."
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Things You'll Need
- Clay cookie mold
- Chilled prepared cookie dough
- Pastry brush
- Cooking oil
- Paper towels
- All purpose baking flour
- Wooden or plastic cutting board
Instructions
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Using the pastry brush, lightly oil the clay mold. Wipe off any excess oil with a paper towel. Too much oil and your cookie dough will stick to the mold.
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Sprinkle a 1/2 tablespoon to 1 tablespoon of flour into the mold. Use less flour for a small mold and more if needed for a larger one. Shake the cookie mold until the flour covers the entire surface of the mold. It is important to get the flour into all the crevices of the mold or the dough will stick to the mold.
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Roll the chilled dough into a ball and then flatten the dough, pushing it firmly and evenly into the cookie mold.
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Holding the mold perpendicular to the cutting board, tap the mold again the board to release the shaped cookie dough. Bake the cookie according to your recipe's directions. Do not bake the cookie in the clay mold.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a small scrub brush and hot soapy water to clean the clay mold when you are finished baking.
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- Photo Credit tea cookies image by Tomo Jesenicnik from Fotolia.com
