Cookie recipes please

noonesperfect

I've been given an electric cookie maker for Christmas. As it effectively "pipes" shapes the cookie can't have bits in as it will block the nozzles.

Would any of you kind people have any suitable recipes you can spare for smooth doughed biccies?

noonesperfect

Just bumping.

Shame if I don't get any recipe offers it'll be going on ebay on Saturday.....

noonesperfect

I gave it a go with the recipe that came with the machine. It's useless!

Rather than waste 250g unsalted butter etc I made two big sausages of cookie mix, wrapped them in foil and left them in the bottom of the fridge till this morning. I sliced one of them thinly and baked. The other I'll freeze.

It's still going on ebay sometime but I'll have to say it's "used " now :mad: .

Chris25

Don't know if you've seen this site - it may be of help before you 'ebay' your machine http://www.biscuit-recipes.co.uk/ It has a forum too so someone on there may have already encountered your problem.

morwenna

The only biscuit I know that you pipe out is a Viennese Whirl - the type with the cherry in the middle, would this recipe be any good for your gizmo?

6oz soft butter
2oz sifted icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6oz flour
glace cherries, halved

Cream butter sugar and vanilla and stir in flour. Pipe whirls onto baking sheet and top each with a half cherry. Bake at gas 3 for 20mins until pale gold.

HTH

stilernin

noonesperfect wrote: »

I gave it a go with the recipe that came with the machine. It's useless!

I had to Google this and it looks like an updated version of a 'manual' cookie press that I have. Mine looks like a large syringe, but has different discs just like the electric one.

Not sure why you say it is useless. Is it the recipes that came with it or something else?

If you are having difficulty forming the cookies it might be because you are using non stick baking trays rather than tin trays. One thing that is essential with this method of making cookies is that the mixture 'sticks' to the tray as you form each one. When you lift the cookie maker the mixture pulls and breaks off to make each cookie. If you use a non stick tray, the mixture won't stick to allow you to pull and break the mixture.

noonesperfect

stilernin wrote: »

I had to Google this and it looks like an updated version of a 'manual' cookie press that I have. Mine looks like a large syringe, but has different discs just like the electric one.

Not sure why you say it is useless. Is it the recipes that came with it or something else?

If you are having difficulty forming the cookies it might be because you are using non stick baking trays rather than tin trays. One thing that is essential with this method of making cookies is that the mixture 'sticks' to the tray as you form each one. When you lift the cookie maker the mixture pulls and breaks off to make each cookie. If you use a non stick tray, the mixture won't stick to allow you to pull and break the mixture.

It might well be that. I've still got half the mixture in the fridge. It's nice and stiff now so it might work better too. Thanks for that :T

lil_me

I have a manual one and it's a right pain, I end up making a right mess and have struggled to get it to make the wonderful shapes it claims to, it always sticks to it. I'll try the putting it in the fridge, then some of those recipes.

blue-kat

I had one of those elec cookie makers, and sorry to say I couldn't get it to work properly, and gave it away because it was more trouble than it was worth.
sorry not to be able to offer anything more constructive

noonesperfect

blue-kat wrote: »

I had one of those elec cookie makers, and sorry to say I couldn't get it to work properly, and gave it away because it was more trouble than it was worth.
sorry not to be able to offer anything more constructive

Not at all.
I'm just glad it's not only me that can't get the blessed thing to work. It must be us all living in the north that does it!

The person who gave it me knows I like baking, but not enough to tackle this monster:rotfl: :rotfl:

noonesperfect

Ah well, machine is broken now, so that's the end of that!