CucinaPro Krumkake Baker By Cucina Pro - 100% Non Stick, Makes Two Krumkake Pizzelle-Like Cookies, Great for Cannoli Filling & Cones

This Krumkake Cookie iron is perfect for me as I will probably only make these cookies a couple of times a year, at Christmas as a traditional cookie and possibly in July for little cones paired with homemade ice cream when the grandkids come for dinner.My daughter and I made these together last night, and found, as other krumkake makers say, that the work goes smoother with two sets of hands. That is especially so for this electric iron which makes two cookies at once. When I set the dough on both plates and closed the lid my daughter would start the timer. After I carefully removed the cookies with a silicon spatula to two small wire cooling racks, she would wrap them around the two cones (which I purchased separately) and set them aside to cool. The cookies would harden quickly as they cooled, just before time to remove the next set of cookies. My daughter would move them to larger wire cooling racks while I removed the next two cookies and we'd start the process over.My favorite thing about the electric iron is we were able to sit down at our working space the whole time. The old fashioned stove top Krumkake baker entails standing at the stove during the whole process, and includes the need to turn the baker over halfway through. I no longer have the stamina to stand that long as we made a double batch, and will do again. According to videos I have watched and other reviews read I learned that most people prefer the way the cookies turn out better with the traditional stove top version. So if you have plenty of stamina that might be the better option for you.We did use the recipe included in the book for Krumkake by Cucina Pro with cardamom and vanilla. You can see in the photos provided we were experimenting with timing and the amount of dough. We have a ways to go before we perfect it, but we did find that if the cookies are just the size or a little smaller than the printed pattern, they were easier to shape into tighter cones. Also, I struggled getting the same amount of dough each time and have a few ideas to try making the amount more consistent next time. We found the less batter used , the thinner the cookie turned out, and the less time needed to reach golden brown. Some of the darker ones you see really surprised us as they cooked the same amount of time as the rest.All in all, being a novice at Krumkake, I am not dissuaded and look forward to perfecting the process. I am very pleased with this purchase and I know we will make these cookies again.

Works great for what I need.

Bought as a gift. Haven't heard any complaints though

It took a little while to get the process down where they wouldn't be undercooked or overcooked. And you really need two people if you want to knock them out quickly. Having a double iron helps make them fast, but because you have to roll them it seems like one would get overcooked while I was rolling the first one. But once I got help I would scoop them out and we'd each roll one and the process was so much faster. I really wish there would have been instructions, like telling me if I needed to prep the iron before using etc. But this is so much easier than using the manual iron that I was raised on, cooking over the stove! It cleans super easily and the Krumkakerturned out exactly how I recall for my childhood.

Well I have owned this machine for a bit and today I finally get a chance to use it ,so I mixed up the dough per the instruction booklet ,plugged the cooker in ,after a few minutes the green light came on and I sponed up the instructed amount carefully closed the top I hit the timer on my phone . Well the timer bell rang and I lifted up the lid and to my astonishment 2 prety cookies appeared. I used my wood scraper and carefully lifted the 2 out of the machine , I placed them on a marble cooling board and quickly spooned in 2 more and yes it works ,very well

Love using my cucinaPro krumkake!

This Cucina Pro was purchased to supplement a much older model by the same manufacturer that has worked reliably for many years. My wife has mastered the art of pizzelle making over mant decades. So we thought a second unit would help her production at Christmas time, when she gives boxes of pizzelles to friends and family. But this new unit has failed to ever work properly and has wasted hours of work and a lot of batches of ingredients. She has been unable to get pizzelles to release cleanly from this unit without breaking, or they’ve cooked unevenly or burnt. The unit is much lighter than the older unit, and the mold design is more intricate. I’m not a technician of cooking appliances so I can’t diagnose the problem. It’s just not a reliable unit and was a waste of money. Look at a different brand.

I bought this mainly for making Krumkake, but will be sure to try Pizzelles too. My granddaughters used it this Christmas and it worked out great from the very start. We were able to make a double recipe in the same amount of time it used to take us to use one. One caution is that the directions say you shouldn't use it for more than a half hour (hour?) at a time, and then let it cool down. It doesn't say what will happen if that isn't followed, so we did allow it to cool for a while half way through. Something to look into further.

Best little cookie maker i ever had!

There is nothing to dislike about this baker. It works perfectly. I found recipes on internet and have used those in addition to the very few in the owner's manual. However, had I known that Krumkakes were the equivalent of Italian Pizzelles, I would not have bought this one. The only difference is the pattern which is quite helpful to distinguish which one is the pizzelle recipe and the krumkake recipe. I got it on special, so it was worth the purchase.

Happy with the product.

fonctionne très bien

This machine is a true let down ,there are no grooves the pattern is totally flat , so upset