BIOL Heavy Duty Oreshki Mold - 16 Nut Oreshki Cookie Maker - Metal Mold Form for Baking

I’ve been looking for a pan like this for a while. My mom used to make these cookies for us when I was growing up and I loved them. I was so happy to give this pan a try. It’s great quality, has wonderful heat distribution, and cleans up easily.

…these taste so good and look so nice! You can make eight at a time with this one!It was a bit hard to open the first time but is getting easier and easier. Washing it was awkward because it’s so long, but I get it has to be long so you don’t get burnt. A lot of gray suds came off when I washed it. I don’t know what this is/was. I washed it before and after with a dish brush and it was easy to get the crumbs out. The wood handle is not finished and looks like it needs a good oiling or it will split here where it’s so dry.It was hard to figure out how much dough to put it. A dime shaped sphere, elongated into an oval seemed to work best. A lot of butter seeped out of the mold onto my stove. I guess this is par for the course.But the pan did was it was supposed to and I got oreshki. I don’t think it was harder or easier than another stove top pan. I liked how the other side would stay vertical so that I could reload the pan without having to hold it open or take up lots of space. My first batch stuck because I kept on opening it (too much opening is bad). The rest didn’t stick :) …so it was easy to use even for a first timer like me (I usually buy oreshki from the store…).>>Tip: To remove, gently tap on the back of the mold while it is perpendicular to your counter and the cookie will just fall out :) It’s too much of a pain to dig them out with tongs (and it’s harder).

I saw this cookie mold I thought it was a great idea. I love to bake but as my arthritis goes through my body I can do less and less. For Thanksgiving I made a simple dish to share and making it wiped me out. I realized that this more complicated way of making these cookies would completely wipe me out. So I sent it home with my cleaning ladies to see if she and her daughters could make the cookies. On her next cleaning day, she brought me a dozen of the cookies. The tast was okay and I liked the Nutella [search Amazon for ASIN B0005Z6ZK4] in the middle. This mold did not come with any recipes or instructions for which they lost a star. There were many different cookie recipes and they called for different items to fill the middle with. I liked the Nutella in the middle and realized it would be a good item to go with other cookies like thumbprint cookies. I thought the cookie recipe for the mold, which I don't know which she used, but it seemed like it would also make a nice cookie on its own. This cookie is a type that you would make when you have plenty of time to do so and you want something special. They did get a few that were a bit burned.When I started thinking about the cookie molds and all the other types that I saw, such as pizelle makers, it dawned on me that only about a century and a half ago most women didn't have nice, fancy stoves with ovens. Many cooks only had an open fireplaces, or wood/coal burning stoves to cook and bake with. I suspect that is why these cooky molds were designed and would work in the more primitive ways to bake. Then as we got stoves that we could do all sorts of cooking and baking on these types of molds fell into disfavor. Now as specialized cooking and baking has come back into favor, these older types of baking molds have also come back into favor.I appreciate the opportunity to try out this mold. Thank you.

When I ordered this to review, I expected to receive some sort of instructions and a recipe. It didn't even have a box with pictures.My first concern in looking at the mold was that the two sections do not align properly. This should have never passed a quality control test. After scouring the internet for recipes and videos to try and figure out how to use this, I made the dough and let it chill overnight.In preparing to bake, I washed the mold in warm, soapy water and let it dry. When I baked the first batch of "walnut shells" I oiled the mold as I'd seen recommended and set in the balls of dough. I had no idea how long to let it cook and dough squeezed out the sides catching fire on my gas stovetop. I'd used the recommend "level teaspoon" from a recipe I found, but I can only conclude that this mold has smaller forms because it was a mess and a huge waste of dough. (The video in the ad here shows a 12-shell mold, which is a little deceptive as it is not the product that is advertised.) Then, as I checked on the cookies, I was dismayed to see a dark, dirty and metallic-looking stain baked into the cookies. I turned off the stovetop because I was going to have to stop, wash the mold again after it cooled, and start over. Even with my oiling, half of the cookies stuck to the mold and, as I feared from the offset of the mold section, one side of the cookie shell is thinner than the other so they don't cook evenly, but I decided to give it a second shot. I use this kind of iron when I make pizzelles and usually the first one is a bit of a mess, but once you get the flow, it goes smoothly. I expected this to be the same.I waited until the mold cooled off, scrubbed it with a stainless steel scrubber in hot, soap water and started the next batch after oiling. I made smaller balls this time and there was less overflow, but the cookies stuck to the mold. I managed to get 8 useable shells for 4 cookies.About this time I looked at the oozed mess on my stovetop and decided I don't really want to clean this up and start again. I ended up rolling out the cookie dough, cutting it into circles and baking the cookies as shortbread. As cute as the little walnuts look, I don't think this is the best mold to make them in. I'm sadly disappointed as I'd planned to add these cookies to my Christmas trays this year.

Unfortunately mine came with some damage, and does not close properly, so I cannot give a good rating. It is also unfinished, very rough with scratches and sharp edges, not smooth like the images. There are some quality issues, and it was shipped without protection. However I want to include what I like as well.This pan is for making Oreshki or “nut”cookies with fillings.What a treat to find an oreshnitsa if you don’t have a family heirloom. Food was always at the centre at my grandparents home, and I have fond memories of my grandmother making oreshki among other dishes she learnt from her mum. This looks much like ones I remember from childhood, with lots of little nut shaped spaces and wooden handle, has the same shape and is heavy duty, made in Ukraine.Basically, you make cookie dough, roll into balls and press those into the spaces, close the press, cook one side and then the other, best over an open flame. When they are cooled down, add fillings.There are so many good recipes online, for making the dough shells, and for fillings - a cooked condensed milk that becomes or buttery dulce de leche. My grandmother was partial to adding crushed walnuts or hazelnuts, and butter to the filling.