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Paul Kierstead
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:00 am |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:45 pm Posts: 1531 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Thanks Emilie for the great advice! Emilie wrote: You sound like a great grandpa ---good luck! LOL. Ahem, I'm just a bit of a late dad....
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Cubangirl
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:06 pm |
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Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:05 pm Posts: 1191 Location: Chico, CA
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Thanks for the vote of confidence Emilie. However, I am very much left brained, and my fine motor coordination is not great. I do realize I sabotage myself by not practicing. On the other hand, I am fearless when it comes to changing the recipe to avoid the fine work, which might include cutting even squares for brownies. Now I just bake brownies in mini cupcake pans. Cute and perfect. I can manage a cookie press, probably from all the years of practice making (as my ex called them fried wallpaper paste), beautiful concentric churros.
I agree about the cold dough. I prefer my cookies flat and chewy, but when making them for company, I always try to have the dough very cold when it hits the preheated oven. FWIW, I've also found a difference when baking cookies on a silicone mat and parchment, just a greased pan. I use parchment 90% of the time (I do reuse it and run the pan through cold water to completely cool before going back in the oven. I solved the pan problem by getting two of the 3/4 sheet pans at WS, that I believe you recommended. I love those.
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jeanf
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:31 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:41 pm Posts: 1884 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Paul, if you want another one to add to the list, I have a Canadian living recipe (that I've never been able to find in google) that was on their cover years ago. It's a shortbread but contains cream cheese. Worked well for me when my boys (now taller than me, sniff) were into cut outs and I like the flavour. Let me know if you want me to type out or scan.
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Emilie
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:34 am |
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Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:56 am Posts: 531 Location: Virginia
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Paul Kierstead wrote: Thanks Emilie for the great advice! Emilie wrote: You sound like a great grandpa ---good luck! LOL. Ahem, I'm just a bit of a late dad.... Whoops! Obviously I have potential grandchildren on my mind just a bit too much these days, Paul! Emilie
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Paul Kierstead
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:46 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:45 pm Posts: 1531 Location: Ottawa, ON
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So, I ended up using James Peterson recipe from "Baking" for his holiday cookies using his recipe for "royal icing". The came out great and my daughter (5) had a blast decorating in the least tasteful way possible, as is right. They are pretty tasty too!
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jeanf
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Post subject: Re: Best cookie for more complex cutters Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:07 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:41 pm Posts: 1884 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Paul Kierstead wrote: So, I ended up using James Peterson recipe from "Baking" for his holiday cookies using his recipe for "royal icing". The came out great and my daughter (5) had a blast decorating in the least tasteful way possible, as is right. They are pretty tasty too! Awesome. And lol, as my boys are almost 17 and 18 so `least tasteful` takes on a completely different connotation....
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