Heavy Oreshki Mold Oven Cookies Maker Oreshnitsa 16 Nuts Орешница Oreshki with Non-Stick Coating - Cookie Mold Oreshek Cake for Sweet Russian Nuts

Looks fine. Didn’t use it yet.

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.

Perfect

I tried a different version of Oreshki maker which consisted of many aluminum halves that could be put together to make individual cookies. Those were tedious to use and also very sharp and I cut myself trying to separate the halves. This one is much easier to load up the dough and to be able to flip it over to cook the other side instead of having to use the oven like I had to with the single cookie style. Well worth the price.

So small

NOTE: This is an early review for this item. I will come back to update after I've figured it out, but the holidays are upon us so updates may be delayed. I'll do my best, so bear with me.Here's my early assessment after receiving this pan:I ordered this "oreshki" Russian cookie-mold pan that makes small walnut shell shapes, which can then be filled. Each shell is only about 1" and the pan itself is just over 6" diameter so it's not very large. Unfortunately, there are no instructions on how to use it. It looks so fun & clever, but I'm clueless about it.I don't know what kind of wood is on the handles, and the website pix only mention the types of burners it can be used on (gas, electric, etc) but no mention of an oven. It *appears* that this is to be used on a stovetop and not in the oven.There is a basic dough recipe on the page, but that's the most info it gives. I have no idea how to use this thing, and I see a whole lot of googling in my future about it -- or hours of trial & error!Again, this is still new, and some advice from friends who are accomplished cooks (who have never seen this before either) have so far told me that I could probably put it in the oven no more than 350 degrees F, that most wood handles can withstand that, for 6-8 minutes, but try it on my old electric coil stovetop first like a waffle iron or campfire sandwich maker.My suggestion if you buy this is to take a screenshot of the picture on this page with the dough recipe. It's not much help, but it looks doable if you play around with it. I will look on the internet for more info when I get a free minute (haha) and I will come back here to update my review if & when I get it all figured out.For now it's 3 stars for just sending the pan with zero info included with it. Without that kind of help, this can't even be ordered as a gift. My star rating will probably not change because of that, even when I update my review.