Retro Cookie Press

It's really sad that this style of Cookie Press is considered Retro. There are all these "improvements" to the design. I don't like them. Yes, the trigger handle is easier to maneuver than a crank or twist knob but the bottom place rests too low on the cookie sheet and you get smooshed designs.

My mom and I used to make these cookies every Christmas. Except when I was a teenager. I tended to do the typical teen thing and want to hang out with friends rather than do traditional family stuff.  Feeling a bit nostalgic, I decided to undergo a massive cookie project this week and into next week. I've made the long strings of striped cookies and dipped them in chocolate just this afternoon.

I was working on the green Christmas Trees and had just switched over to the red swirls for Christmas ornaments and the handle came loose from the long screw. I can spin the twist knob but it is no longer exerting force on the screw and pushing the press plate down forcing dough out. It just spins uselessly. Hubbie has some ideas to fix it. I bookmarked a press that's "vintage" and identical just in case.


Cookie Press Style
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I just dipped the christmas trees in chocolate tonight with green crystal sprinkles.

My hubbie "fixed" the old cookie press. He flattened the Screw that runs the length and turns the press and then attached visegrips.  It worked great. Kluge win!