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Summary: A cookie press is an excellent way to get uniform-sized cookies in fun shapes. Simply load up a cookie press with cookie dough before pressing out each portion with fun tips from the owner of a specialty bakery in this free video on cookies.
Stephanie Reid is the owner of Artistic Sweets in Hermitage, Tenn. Originating in 1995, Artistic Sweets specializes in truffles, peppermint bark, white chocolate coated popcorn,...read more
"I like to show you how to use a cookie press. I have one of the old fashion gadgets here that's probably stone aged, made way back then. You can buy an electric one, there's a lot of different varieties that you can buy but this is the one that I have and I'm going to load it up now and show you how to use it. And it's got the little plunger here you need to pull that all the way back. And now the cookie press is empty. So you are going to take some cookie dough and you are going to load up the barrel here and you are going to stick the sugar cookie, well this is a sugar cookie recipe that we made earlier. We are going to load up the barrel here. Ok we are going to put the top on it, I have a little cookie top here. This is the shape that it's going to make. So now we are going to make a shape here and we are going to make another one, there you go. These are really cool. Now what you can do with this dough if you like to you can put food coloring in it and make them different colors, we are out of dough here. You can make different colors if you want out of the dough to make them look really nice. You could put sprinkles on top if you like."
eHow Article: Instructions on How to Use a Cookie Press