I am what I would call a “newbie” baker. While I have always loved to cook, I have used my stand mixer and done more baking in the last year with my daughters than I have, well, ever. Baking and cooking with my girls is one of the ways that we have been connecting and having fun with my family, and we build memories each time we bake together.
I have found a tool that is now a staple in my kitchen, and I hope becomes a staple in yours! I recently had an opportunity to review The Cookie Thing, an amazing rolling pin and baking tool that will change the way you make cookies, pie, pastry, and pretty much any baked good!
The Cookie Thing is a solid maple rolling pin and comes with four different sizes of measuring boards, which are various thickness that corresponds to how thick or thin you need to roll your dough. It is super easy to use! My daughters and I used The Cookie Thing to make Valentine’s Day cookies. Before we got started, we read the instructions and watched the video below of The Cookie Thing in action.
As you can see from the video, it is super easy to roll out dough for cut-out sugar cookies. We used the recipe on The Cookie Thing’s website for Valentine’s Heart Sugar Cookies. After mixing the dough, you simply place the dough between two pieces of wax paper, roll away from you, and then roll back towards you.
After my oldest rolled out the dough, we refrigerated the dough for about an hour. The recipe calls for overnight refrigeration, but there was no way my girls were going to wait! As you can see, the dough is perfectly even and ready to roll, so you just slip it onto a cookie sheet and pop it into the fridge.
One thing that we have to deal with as a family is my younger daughter’s dairy allergy. When it comes to baking, this usually means that we have to make two batches of cookies, since Katie can’t eat any butter or milk – staples in most baked goods. However, we made dairy-free Valentine’s Day heart cookies for her! And while the full sized Cookie Thing would be a little large for her to handle, the Little Cookie Thing was perfect for her!
As you can see, The Cookie Thing also worked very well with the dairy-free recipe. Neither recipe required ANY flour to roll and cut these cookies out, which is pretty amazing, especially for the dairy-free recipe, which generally requires more flour to hold together.
As you can see, the edges came out perfectly. We did end up popping the dough back in the refrigerator in between re-rolls, because as the dough got warm the edges did not come out as clean. About 20 minutes in the fridge and we were back to getting perfect edges!
They also baked evenly, and all of them came out the same thickness. These are by far the most beautiful and even roll-out cookies that my girls and I have ever made. We were astounded how pretty they all came out! They baked so evenly and the taste was incredible! I think that not having to use extra flour in the dough made a huge taste difference.
We are now HUGE Cookie Thing fans! Our next project that we are going to try is our first homemade pie crust. I love that The Cookie Thing is now a part of our family memories, and also that The Little Cookie Thing allows my youngest daughter to learn and be an active participant as well!
The Cookie Thing has had some major success! Look for them next month as they are featured in Women’s Day magazine!
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I love that it reduces the amount of flour that you have to use. Not only will this end up saving me some money in the long run (every penny counts), but it will also get rid of that flour taste that you sometimes bite into.
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I love that its helps you use less flour!
What a great idea to use boards under a rolling pin to get a uniform thickness!
I like that it gives you the depth needed for different baked goods.
I like the selection of recipes on the site
I love that fact of using less flour. Flour always makes a mess lol.. Seems to be alot of people like the less flour thing lol
i like this recipe http://cookiething.com/recipes/gingerbread
the flavor is improved due to using less flour
I really love all the recipes posted on the site plus the “how to” blog video ,,,,so cook for non bakers to see the process of working with dough —– Pauline aka Paol Trenny ….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
This is just the coolest thing! I learned that it’s made out of maple and there is three sizes 1/4″, 3/8″, 1/2″ which helps when wanting different depths of cookies. My neices and I could have so much fun making cookies with this. My sister too. Thank you for the super awesome giveaway!
I learned that consistency in the depth of the dough when you roll is out is as important as consistency in your recipe in order to have great tasting cookies.
i need any help i can rolling dough i suck
I like the recipe for Pecan Pie Muffins.
I have always wanted to make pretty sugar cookies, mine are just ok. I love to bake,but some cookies are just not as easy as others. This tool could really help me and my daughter’s.
I learned that this product was introduced for sale to the public for the first time by invitation from Williams-Sonoma.
this looks like a great rolling dough tool
This is great! I especially love the fact you can use less flour and that you can stack the boards to get the exact thickness that you need and that it makes perfect pie crust thickness too!
I think this is a great item that needs to be in every kitchen!
The process of using the Cookie Thing helps any baker of any experience prepare dough easier, with less mess and without too much flour.
My family likes gingerbread cookies and there is a recipe for iced gingerbread cookies.
Awesome! Allows rolling even thickness without too much flour
i like it helps u use less flour and this is so great for kids less mess
i like that it can be used for different thickness of the cookies….i just have to have this for our roll out christmas cookies we make every year!
Visited and looked through the recipes, I really want to try the pie crust recipe!
Love the recipes!
I learned that they exhibit The Cookie Thing thru Williams-Sonoma
I like that it has four different sized rolling boards. When I roll cookies with my regular rolling pin they usually all come out the same thickness because I’m not good at rolling them different thicknesses.
I like that it helps use less flour!
I learned that they have a Cookie Thing made for children too.
I like the recipes on their website and would love to try to make Aunt Blanche’s Sand Tarts.
This looks amazing…I’m horrible at estimating dough thickness so would get a lot of use out of this. I really like the recipe section, just in case you’re not sure how to put your cookie thing to use! The chocolate gooey cookies look so yummy!
I don’t make a lot of rolled cookies, but I made a lot of pie crusts and always get frustrated when my crust edges aren’t and even thickness because they don’t brown evenly. This would be a great fix.
It is a baking tool made with solid maple that helps you roll out all sorts of dough to the exact thickness you are needing.
I like that it gives you a uniform depth because I tend to use different pressure when rolling dough out.
they have a Cookie Thing made for children
The wooden roller is specific in design of size as well as the four variations of the measuring boards included. The measuring boards give you the depth of dough you are needing
its made with maple wood, which I like because thats a really durable wood
I like the Chocolate Gooey Cookies, they look great & pretty easy to make.
I really like how detailed the product instructions are, and include photos on the website. I like to see how something works before I consider buying. So many gadget sites don’t show you how their product works.
I also like the recipes. I’d like to try out the gingerbread recipe.
Thanks!
this product was introduced for sale to the public for the first time by invitation from Williams-Sonoma.
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lots of great cookies
I’m in love with the measuring board for Cookie Thing – what an awesome tool. lol can make cookies and not have to worry about the dough getting too thin
This is exactly what I have been looking for! It is so difficult to have cookies bake evenly when they are not the same thickness! This will eliminate me having to take the time hold my short little ruler up around the sides of the rolled dough to see that it is uniform. I’m glad this is made out of maple–a great wood for kitchen use. As as DYI’er, I’m impressed that her husband was able to manufacture the models at home!
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I like the nice all alike shaped cookies it allows to make
I like that you don’t need to use as much flour!
I want to try the Chocolate Gooey Cookies recipe.
They have a great recipe for pecan pie muffins.
I’d love to try their Chocolate Gooey Cookies recipe
I liked the fox 26 news video covering the cookie thing!
Boards measure for u
I love that it gives you just the right thickness!
I like the she designed The Cookie Thing to help underserved women learn to bake for profit.
I love how the roller makes the cookie dough at the perfect thickness, since this is often so hard to do.
The buttermilk pie looks amazing. I would love to try it.
Love the Little Cookie Thing.I have the big cookie thing,but sometimes you just don’t need that big:)
I like their chocolate gooey cookie recipe! Yummy!
I love that it brings family’s together
Seems that you can rollout cookies to perfection in size, and that the tool enhanced the flavor because of not using too much flour! Awesome!
I like that they have several different “thicknesses” for those who need thicker cookies than the average. I LOVE this product!
The Pecan Pie Muffins recipe looks like fun and yummy!
The Cookie Thing is made with solid maple and comes with a roller and four varieties of measuring boards.
the right thickness is the key!!!!
I like how you can roll cookies out to different thicknesses.
I learned…
I really need one of these. Like NOW. I have always had a terrible time of trying to make roll out cookies and pie crusts, and I really do blame it on my pin. I want one of these. Now.
It’s nice to find a product that makes baking simpler.
I will also be trying the Gingerbread Cookies recipe offered on the site.
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I like the recipe for the gingerbread cookies.
I have never seen anything like this. It would make baking so easy. I might make roll-out cookies again. There are even recipes.
I’d love to use this baking tool. I learned that it is a baking tool made with solid maple that helps you roll out all sorts of dough to the exact thickness you are needing.
I like that it gives you just the right thickness!
I’m always guessing about dough thickness and this would make it so easy to be consistent.
it rolls dought to exact size needed.;)
I love that it helps make the thickness even across the dough – that is very difficult to do !!
The measuring boards for the 1/8th inch thickness is perfect for pie crust as well as thin, crispy cookies.
Those Iced Gingerbread cookies look amazing.
I love that its made of solid maple
I learned that you should always start in the center when rolling dough
i like the white rollout cookie recipe
I like that they are partnering with Williams Sonoma.
I like that it keeps uniformed thickness of the dough which is hard to do.
I learned they went to several Williams Sonoma events and I would love to have been there as well!
I learned that The Cookie Thing is made with solid maple and comes with a roller and four varieties of measuring boards. Boards measure in depths of 1/8″, 1/4″, 3/8″, and 1/2″. Thanks for the contest!
I like that the website has cookie recipes.
i like that it helps you get the right width for what you baking and let me tell you I sure need one of these especially for piecrust which I can never get the thickness right
The Cookie Thing comes with four varieties of measuring boards-depths of 1/8″, 1/4″, 3/8″, and 1/2″ perfect for all of your pie and cookises baking.
I learned I could use it to make a great sand tart. Thanks for the chance.
I learned that it helps you roll out all sorts of dough to the exact thickness you are needing
I like that you can choose the thickness and use less flour when rolling out. Always nice!
Makes making cookies easier!