What to do with cookie molds?

I'm convinced that they're intended to be hung on the wall and admired. But, hey, I could be wrong, I'm just not sure i've heard about anyone using them successfully.

I've never had any luck getting baked cookies out in one piece, either. Use a stiff dough and use the molds as stamps?

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.net

i have some too but have never used them. i thought you baked them in the mold but i read something that said to unmold before baking so now i don't know. i think i did read something about dusting the mold with confectioners sugar to make unmolding easier but don't know if it works.

If your cookie molds say "Brown Bag Cookie Art" or "Brown Bag Designs", here is the company's web site:

There are recipes and cookie molding hints here, as well as a copy of their recipe booklet. If your molds aren't Brown Bag ones, you may not be able to use the Brown Bag instructions, as their molds are designed to be rapped on a hard surface to get the molded (uncooked) dough out. Other brand molds may shatter if you try this.I have some Brown Bag Cookie Art molds, but I use them only for decoration; I've never tried baking any cookies with them. If your molds are stamped with a company name, you may be able to do a web search for some contact information.

Hope this is helpful to you.

Karen

I saw this question in the newsgroup previously. You might want to go to

and search for: group:rec.food.baking cookie mold This should find all the messages relating to this topic (old and new).

I did. It came up with exactly one message thread -- this one.