not mine!
and remembered the glass Christmas cookie stamps I bought years ago. I used them on a chocolatey shortbread cookie I used to make - the design never showed up very well. But the above photo made me want to try (although maybe these aren't stamped, but molded? I don't know.)
I found this gingerbread recipe tonight and they turned out tasty, but - you still couldn't see the designs. So I tried pressing a few colored sprinkles onto a batch.
All right, I suppose. The next batch I just pressed them down with a plain glass. And took a toothpick and drew "snowflakes" on each one. Then, pressed a white pearly thing in the center of each.
At least the design is visible; I'm not sure I'll keep those cookie stamps.
I am 100% in a no-fuss-cookie camp. If it isn't a drop cookie I just can't be bothered.... ;) They sure are pretty though, when there are other people who CAN be bothered. My sister makes gorgeous cookies. Me? Not so much.
ReplyDeleteI like your snowflakes!
Thank you! I, too, would rather make drop cookies - they taste the same, don't they? But sometimes I feel I should make time to try and create something prettier. We'll see how far I go.
DeleteI like your snowflakes, too! And the ginger cookies! I have never tried using a stamp. I would have thought that once the mixture rises a little during the baking process, a lot of the pattern disappears anyway. You would have to press very hard on the cookie or get ones with a deep pattern (if you know what I mean). Traditional Scottish shortbread stamps have a very deep pattern and the shortbread is rolled or pressed out quite thickly.
ReplyDeleteSo that's what that is! I hope somebody would know. I am giving those glass stamps to the thrift store! :)
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