Cuisinart CCP-10 manual Helpful Hints, Pastry Tip Shapes

Helpful Hints

•Using store-bought refrigerated dough is not recommended.

•Never grease or line your cookie sheets when using the cookie press. If you do, your cookie dough will not stick to the pan, therefore preventing the cookies from maintaining a consistent shape.

•Consistency of the cookie dough is very important. If it is too stiff or dry, it will not be able to be pressed out. You want the dough to be slightly sticky so it will adhere to the pan. If dough is too soft, the cookies will not hold their shape. This will definitely take some practice, but use our recipes as a guide when making your own dough.

•We do not recommend chilling the dough, for it will be too difficult to press. Always use the dough immediately after making. This will yield the best results.

•Cookie doughs must be smooth in texture. If you are flavoring with nuts, be sure that they are very finely ground. This will prevent the cookie press from being clogged.

•The dough should be pliable enough to come out of the disc easily and keep its shape on the cookie sheet.

•If dough is too sticky or soft, refrigerate it for 15 minutes.

Another option is to beat a small amount of flour into the dough.

•If the dough is too stiff, mix in a little beaten egg.

•Once dough has been placed into the unit, use it immediately.

•You will find your shapes improving as you become accustomed to the rhythm and timing that works best for each cookie type.

•To make cookies, use discs with cookie dough.

•To decorate candies, cookies, and desserts or to insert pastry or hors d’oeuvres fillings, etc, use pastry tips.

•If the dough is not moist enough to hold decorations, lightly brush a small amount of water, milk or honey where you wish to place the decorations.

•Depending on the recipe, the cookie disc used, and the size of the cookies desired, the amount of cookies yielded will vary.

•The Cuisinart® Electric Cookie Press comes with 12 cookie discs to make many different shaped cookies with the same dough.

•Some doughs, ones that are thicker or stickier, tend to fare better with the discs that have larger openings, such as discs 3, 5, 6 and 10.

•Doughs that are not smooth in consistency, such as the Cheese

Crackers on page 12 in the recipe booklet, require the same discs with larger openings.

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Pastry Tip Shapes

The Cuisinart® Electric Cookie Press also serves as an electric piping tool. It comes with 8 different pastry tips to suit all of your decorating and piping needs. From cakes and cookies to filling cream puffs, and from topping savory hors d’oeuvres to filling deviled eggs, there is a tip for everything.

The consistency of what you are to pipe is very important.

In most cases, frostings will have to be thicker than normal in order to achieve best results. If the frosting, especially for decorating, is too thin, it will not hold its shape. You will notice that most frostings, decorating or not, will need to be thicker than normal, such as Royal Icing.

We recommend practicing what you are to pipe before you go to the final product. There is a learning curve to getting it just right.

Whether you are filling pâte à choux or piping a decoration on a cake, it is advised to pulse the On/Off button as opposed to holding it down continuously. This allows for more control on

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