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March 9, 2011 · 5:32 am

Rycraft Heirloom Cookie Stamp Review!!!

3 cookie stamps and cookies

I was asked to choose a couple of Rycraft Heirloom Cookie Stamps to review. It was hard to choose from the vast selection of designs, but I finally chose the Scottie dog and the soccer ball. I chose the Scottie dog because it is so cute and looks like my Westie. It was also my mother’s favorite dog, so I knew that had to be one that I would try. I chose a soccer ball for my sports crazy kids. The stamps are so well made and beautiful. The Scottie dog stamp had a beautiful blue glaze and the soccer ball a stunning white glaze. The first thing I did was season the stamps with a bit of oil. Then I chose a recipe out of the booklet that included recipes for Almond Butter Cookies, Brown Sugar Shortbread, Melting Moments, Fruit Jell-O Cookies, Unbelievable Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Crunchies, Cookie Stamp Shortbread and Cream Cheese Candy. These stamps are also great for crafting and you can go to their site at www.cookiestamp.com to see the online catalog and order kits and books on paper and clay casting along with dozens of inspiring project ides. The booklet that came with the stamps also included basic clay casting and basic paper casting instructions.

I chose to just whip up some Almond Butter Cookies. The recipe is very simple and is 1 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1tsp of almond extract 1/4 tsp of salt, and 2 cups of flour. The only change I made is that I added some vanilla extract as well. I had planned on just chilling the dough a few hours but it chilled for about 24 hours or a bit over. It was hard as a rock when I took it out. I put it on the counter to soften up but I had to work fast since I was taking Ethan out for sneakers. I started to knead it and it softened fairly quickly. The stamps were very easy to use and I put flour on them before each stamping. I love the detail of these stamps and how well they worked. The eye of the Scottie dog and all the detail was so visable.

This is before baking:

After Baking:

The cookie was buttery and rich and perfect with a cup of coffee. I am looking forward to trying the other recipes as well as the craft projects. I hope you will take a look at their website and be inspired.

Shortbread chocolate painted cookies

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February 11, 2011 · 9:07 pm

Gourmac “Anytime” Acrylic Cookie Stamps Review!!!

Monique, from the Gourmac Company was so kind to send me a set of their acrylic anytime cookie stamps to review. The set comes nicely boxed with 6 acrylic cookie stamps. The set includes a bunny, pineapple, cookie creature, heart link, leaf, and a chrysanthemum. The stamps are made in the USA and are modeled after the old-fashioned glass cookie stamps of yesteryear. The benefit of them being acrylic is that they will not break or chip like glass and are great to use with kids. Another thing I love, is they are dishwasher safe. The interior of the box has two shortbread recipes. There are more on their website at http://www.gourmac.com/cookstamrec.html. I chose to use the Scotch Shortbread Cookies recipe which is a very simple but buttery shortbread. It contains very few ingredients and the only change I made was to add some vanilla extract. This is the recipe:

Scotch Shortbread Cookies

1 cup butter

2 cups sifted flour

1/2 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (this I added on my own)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Sift together the flour, sugar, and salt. Blend these dry ingredients into the butter until it becomes a stiff dough. Shape dough into 1″ balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Dip the stamp of your choice in colored crystal sugar, flour, or powdered sugar and then press the stamp into the dough ball. Repeat for each ball. Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

I use parchment paper to line my cookie sheets but you can just use an ungreased cookie sheet as well.

I used powdered sugar to use for dippping the mold in before stamping.

Stamp the cookie balls one by one with the design of your choice.

Bake 25-30 minutes

I made these cookies very quickly but they still turned out well. If I had taken a bit more time they would have been better but this should show you anyone can use these stamps and get a nice result. I would recommend these cookie stamps and in fact the company has been so generous to give a set away to one of my blog readers. I will be posting the rules of that contest very soon so make sure you are subscribed to my blog and like the Facebook fan page. You should also check out Gourmac’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gourmac/147370535276337.