Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2009

these cookies were missing somting... LIQUIDS!!!! mine were hard as a rock.

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2008

Had I read the reviews, I would've learned this is a terrible press recipe. I was too excited to have inherited an antique press to go that far, though. I had to add another egg to even get it out of the press, and even then it was difficult. However, the cookies TASTE awesome. I'll probably keep this recipe in mind and tweak it in the future.

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Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2008

I just got my first cookie press and wanted to try it out. I was a little wary of this recipe, but tried it and am glad I did! I added one egg and also extra milk, just enough to make the batter smooth. I also glazed them with some cookie icing (just powedered sugar and milk.) They were delicious and my husband loves them. Not bad for a first try!

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Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2008

i agree w/everyone, it is not suitable for a cookie press. i was really disappointed.

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MMICHAELS

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Home Town: Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2008

I heeded other reviewers' warning about the dough being too dry and substituted the water for 4 teaspoons of buttermilk. My batter turned out perfect for use with a cookie press. The batch yielded 80 beautiful, delicious cookies. Thank you!!

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Lulu

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Living In: Tampa, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2007

Flavor wasn't bad. No luck with the press, I should have read the reviews. I made them as drop cookies, we got a ton of them. Maybe I will reduce the Coco next time.

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Rie

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2007

What a disaster! the dough wouldn't even come out of my cookie press, so I added a little more milk to make it softer and it still wouldn't come out. I put it in the fridge for 30 minutes and it finally came out but the cookies weren't very pretty or tasty at all. I would not make this again!!!

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BOONKIAN

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Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2007

I give it four stars for potential. After reading all of the reviews I added a full teaspoon of vanilla and an extra egg to compensate for the dryness that everyone spoke of. But found that it wasn't thick enough at all so added more flour! I finally decided that it wasn't the thickness that's the problem, but the stickiness. So I added a couple more tablespoons of margarine and it worked perfectly. I think that the recipe as it stands would work best if just more margarine/shortening was added. They pressed our perfectly for me after that and are delicious, like spritz brownies!

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Jessica B

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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2007

I really wished I had read the other reviews before trying these. The recipe should be revised, moved to a different catagory, or removed. It is not a pressed cookie recipe. I added an additional egg to get it to work with my press, but not great for the press.

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2006

This is not a cookie press recipe. My 3 year old wanted chocolate cookies from the cookie press and the dough was so thick I didn't even bother trying the press. I just made drop cookies instead. They were delicious, soft, and chewy. Tasted like brownies...Mmmmmmmmmm, but I had to give the recipe 3 stars because there was no way it would work in a cookie press.

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angela

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2005

I added more shortening and it was easier, but I don't think it was a very good press cookie recipe

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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2003

I agree with everyone else as well. The cookies are good but forget the cookie press.

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Jackie Combs

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Home Town: Manassas, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2003

I agree with the other bakers--recipe is too dry for cookie press. I added 2 more small eggs to the recipe, chilled dough for 1 hr. and used my cookie press and cookie stamps. Baking time varied with my gas oven. Good tasting cookie. From my experience, new recipes should be tried/tested before the holidays.

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Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2002

These cookies definately are yummy but NOT a press cookie. I agree with the others that the dough is very dry. I, with great difficulty, rolled them out and cut with a cookie cutter. Baked for 10 minutes, came out crunchie and chewy. VERY chocolatey!

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ANGCRIS

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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2002

I tried this with a cookies press and it didn't work. I think the dough was too thick. I took it out of the press and balled the dough and they tasted great!!! They needed to cook longer than 10 minutes. These are very good but shouldn't be used in the spritz press.

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2002

I tried this recipe in hopes of finding something new to use with my spritz cookie press. I'm not sure if the orignial poster used their spritz press, but it did not work with mine. The dough was to stiff and dry. I even tried adding more milk and vanilla, and it still didn't work in the spritz press. On a positive note, I rolled the dough into small balls and used a cookie stamp. The cookies turned out pretty good that way. The taste reminded me of brownies...definately something the kids love as does my husband. I will make this cookie again, but would have to experiment with maybe less flour if using a spritz press.

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