Why cheap embossed pins bake out flat, and ours does not
You have probably seen the same style of pin online for a few dollars and thought: are they not all the same? It is a fair question. And the honest answer is that they look identical in the photo. The difference only shows up when the cookies come out of the oven.
It comes down to one thing: how deep the pattern is carved
Cheap pins are stamped or carved barely a millimeter deep to keep costs down. In the oven the dough puffs slightly and a shallow pattern simply fills in and disappears. A deeply carved pin presses the design far enough into the dough that it holds its shape all the way through baking.
Here is a real batch from ours, raw and baked
Why ours holds
Deep engraving. Carved roughly twice as deep as the cheap pins, so the pattern survives the heat instead of blurring.
The right recipe, included. Every pin ships with the shortbread recipe that keeps its shape, so the dough will not puff away your design.
One roll, no skill. No piping, no icing. If you can roll dough, you can do this on the first try.
Cheap pin vs Pastrymade
| Cheap pin | Pastrymade | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern survives the oven | ✗ | ✓ |
| Carved deep into solid wood | ✗ | ✓ |
| 40+ designs to choose | ✗ | ✓ |
| Shortbread recipe included | ✗ | ✓ |
| 60 day money back | ✗ | ✓ |
What bakers tell us
"I bought a cheap one first and the pattern vanished in the oven. This one actually holds. Night and day."
"I almost bought the $2 version. So glad I did not. My cookies come out looking like a bakery made them."
