Cookies Formed, but Not Baked, in Molds

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Published 2000

Make sure the surface of the dough is lightly floured before you press the mold into it.
The face of the mold should also be lightly floured.
Press the mold lightly but firmly. Too much pressure may make the dough stick to the mold.
Remove the mold before you cut around the cookie. A mold left on dough for a long time might stick.
If the molds are sticking, try letting the dough dry at room temperature for 20 minutes before pressing with the mold.
If the cookies are to be pressed into and emerge from a mold, generously flour the inside of the mold first. Try to form a piece of dough so it is roughly the shape of the cavity in the mold. That way you are less likely to press too much dough into the mold, which could cause it to stick. After the dough is pressed into the mold, trim it even with the top of the form. To ease the dough out of the mold, start by digging loose one corner, then inverting the mold over a baking pan. The cookie should drop out of the mold. If the dough doesn’t drop even with a pulled-up corner, hold the mold at a 45-degree angle away from you and gently, but smartly, tap the far end of the mold against the work surface a few times. This should encourage the cookie to drop.

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