My son, who is a dinosaur fanatic, was notified by a number of friends that they even have a dinosaur rolling pin like this. I would love to see how they are made.

1) They have cream cheese in Russia. Ever had kugel? Blintzes? Lots of cheese in Eastern Europe. I promise…delicious cheeses, all kinds of fresh ones. (I have never been to Eastern Europe, but this is what Ashkenazic Jews use, so it came from there. 🙂

2) I have hand made rolling pins that make noodles, with grooves in them. One for straight long egg noodles, one for ravioli, etc. First, you roll things out to the right thickness with a regular rolling pin. Use as little flour as possible, and put wax paper on the bottom and top of the dough so you need less. Then, when your dough is perfectly ready, take the top wax paper off. Use that textured rolling pin once across the dough.

-Take your glass or cookie cutter or whatever, and make your round cookies. Peel them carefully off bottom layer of wax paper with a spatula or a knife if necessary..get them onto that cookie sheet and cook as usual.

Enjoy!
Hope this helps. I have never used this kind of rolling pin, but based on my pasta rolling pins, this is the technique I think you need. 🙂 Please tell me if I am wrong or what worked out!

It might be “quark” or Polish “twarog”. Check your nearest Eastern European store — What?! You don’t have one a five minute walk away like I do here in Northern Ireland, ha?

Enjoy your new baking toy! Tasty fun awaits.

Oh that looks like so much fun! What a great wedding present it could be – if they were able to engrave in the proper orientation.

I think Joanne is on the right track – get the cookie dough rolled out to where you want it, then a quick roll with the fancy pin. Might have to experiment a bit with how much pressure to use – when the cookies bakes it might rise up enough to lose the pattern?

May we see the cookies when you’ve made some?
Chris S in Canada

Here’s my 2-cents… and only because I checked a recipe, never have made any myself. It suggests rolling the dough with a regular rolling pin, then lightly brush flour on the dough and lightly flour the patterned pin. Have fun!

You will have fun – and I hope we have fun watching!