[header] How to use a cookie press [title] Roll your cookie dough into a log. [step] Your cookie dough needs to be log shaped so it's thin enough to fit into the barrel of the cookie press. To roll the dough into a log, pick it up and roll it between your hands. 
Make sure the log is short enough and thin enough to fit in the cookie press barrel. [substeps] To save time, buy premade cookie dough that comes in a log shape.