Vintage Hartstone 1988 3-D Gingerbread / Shortbread Basket Mold

Gingerbread or shortbread mold- 1988. No cracks or chips. The Hartstone Pottery Company makes high quality, hand-decorated stoneware. The pottery is designed to be used in kitchens for both baking and displaying. The company describes its goal as sharing the artistic expression of its craftspeople with people from across the country. Hartstone cookie molds remain the most popular pieces of Hartstone pottery, though many are no longer produced by the company. Hartstone cookie molds are durable, non-absorbent, and stick resistant. They can be cleaned with soap, unlike other cooking stone brands. Baking cookies with stoneware cookie molds is a time-honored tradition. Instead of cutting cookies out of a dough that has been rolled flat on a pastry board, dough is pressed into the mold to shape it. The molds give the dough much more detail than any cutout could. If you use a mold-specific recipe for the dough, the shapes of the molds will be maintained throughout the baking process. The recipes are easy to make and the molds are easy to use. Uses: Bread dough, chocolate, gingerbread, shortbread.