cookie press

noun

1. a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.

Example Sentences

This works well in a cookie press.

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"Some doughs are flaky, some are more of a Play-Doh consistency. Some people roll and cut them; some extrude them through a cookie press or stamp them out like spritz cookies and put a pecan in the center. I make one version — and this sounds crazy — with Rice Krispies in it, but it makes them really crisp."

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With Martin Kastner, whose design firm, Crucial Detail, makes the platters for the Bocuse d’Or cooking contest, Mr. Keller created a gadget with a stainless-steel base to hold the butter and a bone china top with holes that is pushed down over the base so the butter curls emerge; it’s like a tabletop cookie press.

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It contained a potato grater, an old travel clock, a silver funnel, a cookie press for making sesame cookies, and clothing.

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I don’t know what happened to the spritz cookie press.

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