Help my friend further streamline her baking business
April 8, 2021 7:33 AM Subscribe
3D cookie cutter issue: gaps between the forms get filled with dough and it takes forever to clean them out. Looking for a magic ovensafe non-toxic substance to fill those dopey gaps.
A friend of mine bakes dog biscuits for the local farmer's markets. She's on her own doing all the work... and she's in her eighties.
She bought some 3D custom printed cookie cutters that bear all the marks of having been designed by someone who doesn't bake. One of the issues is that there are small gaps between the molds that get filled up with dough. It takes FOREVER to clean them out.
It would be lovely to find a magic nontoxic ovensafe substance that would fill those gaps. Glue, epoxy, resin... all have potential but I'm afraid they're toxic or will melt at 350 Fahrenheit temperatures.
Ideas?
A friend of mine bakes dog biscuits for the local farmer's markets. She's on her own doing all the work... and she's in her eighties.
She bought some 3D custom printed cookie cutters that bear all the marks of having been designed by someone who doesn't bake. One of the issues is that there are small gaps between the molds that get filled up with dough. It takes FOREVER to clean them out.
It would be lovely to find a magic nontoxic ovensafe substance that would fill those gaps. Glue, epoxy, resin... all have potential but I'm afraid they're toxic or will melt at 350 Fahrenheit temperatures.
Ideas?
I would try a food safe, high temperature silicone sealant. It will bond to most surfaces. That one is rated to continuous exposure to 350º with temporary exposure up to 450º.
posted by jedicus at 7:47 AM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by jedicus at 7:47 AM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
I'm confused though, because she surely isn't putting the cutters themselves into the oven?
Yeah, do you just mean it takes a while to clean out the raw dough from the cutters after they've been used? Or is there actual baked dog biscuit stuck in the cutter?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:07 AM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Yeah, do you just mean it takes a while to clean out the raw dough from the cutters after they've been used? Or is there actual baked dog biscuit stuck in the cutter?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:07 AM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Designing solutions would be easier with access to pictures of the cookie cutters concerned, complete with trapped dough.
posted by flabdablet at 11:13 AM on April 8, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 11:13 AM on April 8, 2021 [2 favorites]
If the molds are being baked, what about baking them empty once with some homemade Play-doh (without any additives like dye or fragrance) in just the trouble spots to plug them up?
posted by CyberSlug Labs at 11:24 AM on April 8, 2021
posted by CyberSlug Labs at 11:24 AM on April 8, 2021
Some pictures of the problem would help.
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:00 PM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:00 PM on April 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
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posted by theora55 at 7:42 AM on April 8, 2021