tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post8850837020901897116..comments2024-03-28T11:58:19.110-04:00Comments on Across My Kitchen Table: A Christmas mini-miracleMrs.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-26897499029102089012016-01-06T08:32:42.515-05:002016-01-06T08:32:42.515-05:00Nikki -- I've seen metal ones (new) on Amazon ...<br />Nikki -- I've seen metal ones (new) on Amazon and the less expensive ones have very poor reviews. So I am looking for a vintage one. There are a couple on eBay right now that Carrie is bidding on for me. They are exactly like the one we borrowed.<br /><br />Vee -- nope, not a repeat! There are actually a good variety of spritz recipes out there. If you enjoy lemon, I think you would like the lemon spritz in this post. I've also tried, in the past, a recipe for peanut butter spritz. You make them in a flower shape and center a chocolate chip on each one before baking. And then there is this recipe for Fruity Pastel Cookies -- that was intended to be a link, but if it isn't, just do a search for Fruity Pastel Spritz on my Christmas blog. They're made with gelatin powder which adds both flavor and color.<br />Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-67607440484868442452016-01-04T23:01:06.464-05:002016-01-04T23:01:06.464-05:00If this is a repeat, please delete. I remember rea...If this is a repeat, please delete. I remember reading and I thought that I'd commented. I was glad to see the new to me recipes...I have only tried a rather bland shortbread one. I had such difficulty with my cookie press in the beginning. John had to explain it to me! Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-70506695231930350682016-01-03T15:42:50.586-05:002016-01-03T15:42:50.586-05:00I have ALWAYS LOVED Spritz cookies. :) Years ago I...I have ALWAYS LOVED Spritz cookies. :) Years ago I was given a plastic one and it was horrible. I do have a metal one now ( from a yard sale ) and it is so much better. :)Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879441454907355760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-51639180314400455372016-01-02T16:53:48.907-05:002016-01-02T16:53:48.907-05:00Yes they taste better if you eat them before they ...Yes they taste better if you eat them before they can break!lol...I am up for that job!! I tried the Wilton press and got maybe three batches of cheese straws out of it before it broke. Plastic was not made for hard jobs!!Arlene Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845514896764280013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-7786811474567500252016-01-02T10:56:12.140-05:002016-01-02T10:56:12.140-05:00Hi Arlene!
Yes, I am thinking that eBay or even E...<br />Hi Arlene!<br /><br />Yes, I am thinking that eBay or even Etsy may be the best place to look for a good metal cookie press. There are some available on Amazon, but the ones I've looked at have very negative reviews. So I think a vintage one is probably the way to go. I'm happy to have access to my sister-in-law's press, but will be happier still to have my own.<br /><br />I don't think that my mother ever made pressed cookies, but I remember always wanting to. When I was a child we always participated in a Christmas fair at the Methodist church, and one Swedish lady always brought these beautiful little spritz wreaths. You can probably guess that as a young mom with my own cookie press at last, those and the little Christmas trees were the first ones I tried. The wreaths are awfully fragile, though -- they break very easily. Still, so pretty and delicious!Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-18524949727516161992016-01-02T09:49:42.126-05:002016-01-02T09:49:42.126-05:00Mrs T, I too have worn out one plastic cookie pres...Mrs T, I too have worn out one plastic cookie press and I am eying a metal one on EBAY. I use the cookie press to make cheese straws( a southern delicacy!)) and the dough is quite firm. The plastic just does not hold up to it. So glad you have access to one that works. My mother used to make those little pressed cookies at Christmas as well!! I can remember eating them hot out of the oven.Arlene Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845514896764280013noreply@blogger.com