{{Short description|Device for making pressed cookies}} thumb|right|A cookie press with different plates A '''cookie press''', also known as a '''cookie gun''', is a device for making pressed cookies such as spritz cookies. It consists of a cylinder with a plunger on one end, which is used to extrude cookie dough through a small hole at the other end. Typically the cookie press has interchangeable perforated plates with holes in different shapes, such as a star shape or a narrow slit to extrude the dough in ribbons.<ref name="Roupe2007">{{cite book|author=Diane Roupe|title=The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mugDh5HTaCQC&pg=PA570|accessdate=19 April 2012|year=2007|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|isbn=978-1-4016-0360-1|pages=570–}}</ref><ref name="CuthbertWilson2007">{{cite book|author1=Pippa Cuthbert|author2=Lindsay Cameron Wilson|title=Cookies!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBv0R-Aqv80C&pg=PA23|accessdate=19 April 2012|date=March 2007|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-84537-681-9|page=23}}</ref><ref name="Usher2009">{{cite book|author=Julia M. Usher|title=Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rG-5pvkxmPsC&pg=PA12|accessdate=19 April 2012|date=15 August 2009|publisher=Gibbs Smith|isbn=978-1-4236-0378-8|page=12}}</ref>
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