Customer Reviews

Norpro Stainless Steel Scoop, 1 Tablespoon, 35mm

5 star:		(28)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I have had this tool for a few years now and it continues to work just fine.

It is a nice little multi-tasker. I have used this tool for the following tasks:

1. Cookies of exactly the same size, even baking

2. Chocolate truffles

3. Cheesecake balls to be dipped in chocolate

4. Ice cream balls also to be dipped in chocolate

5. Melon balls

6. Goat cheese balls to be baked or rolled in herbs or nuts

7. Scooping Risotto for fried risotto balls

8. Perfect bite size meatballs

9. Gnudi (Italian Ricotta and Spinach dumplings)

10. Spingi (Italian doughnuts)

I now cannot imagine baking cookies without this little tool. It is so nice to have all the cookies be exactly the same size. It makes baking much more pleasurable.

This tool has so many uses. Whenever it is helpful to have products turn out the same size (bite sized) I grab this little tool from the drawer. I come up with new uses for this tool every month.

I am not certain what lubrication one of the other reviewers is referring to. There is no lubrication on this tool that I can find. As long as it is clean (no dough or other gunk dried in the sweep mechanism) it works fine. I make certain to drop it in a mug of hot soapy water as soon as I am finished with it to make certain that nothing gums up the sweep mechanism. After 5 minutes a quick hand wash and it is ready to go back into the drawer.

I highly recommend this product to anyone that loves to cook.

I knew there had to be a scoop made for serious cookie makers. This scoop withstands the thickest cookie dough imaginable. What astounded me was that the cookie dough released so easily. Squeeze after squeeze my amazement grew, the handle didn't break. Being made of stainless steel gives this scoop the stability needed to withstand pressure on the handle. Did I forget to mention that along with brawn you get beauty too?

I can't say enough about how handy these are. I love my cookie scoop. This one is very sturdy and can take heavy use. One of the benefits of making a batch of cookies with this is that they all come out the uniform size. Uniform size helps in baking evenly and also they just look better once they start out from the same size and shape. I have also used mine to scoop up peanut butter for chocolate covered peanut butter balls. Very handy. Pampered Chef sells a similar model that is more expensive, but it identical to this one.

This was really worth the price. I've seen cheaper versions in various stores, either made of plastic or a less substantial stainless steel, but I'm glad I ordered the Norpro instead. I make a lot of cookies and this scoop size is perfect for a small cookie. The gear operates smoothly and easily releases dough from the scoop. Now I'm sorry I didn't order the kit that has three sizes of scoops.

This makes quicker work of cookie making. I did break it using it to scoop caramel for truffles though. So I wish it was a little sturdier. But it is very handy for cookie dough and cleans easily.

This item broke the first time we used it. The gear would slip and you could put it back on track but after 10 or 15 times we just gave up and threw it away.

It worked great through the first couple of batches of cookies. After that, it started losing it's lubrication. It got squeaky and a little more difficult to use. I thought it was just the one I had, but I had ordered two. I tried out the other one and it had the same problem. Other than that, it's a pretty good tool. It did make nice looking cookies and meatballs.

I made chocolate chip cookies today using the Norpro scoop. It made fast and easy work of a big bowl of batter. The scoop appears to be well made. Feels solid in the hand and doesn't feel flimsy. Cleaned up easily, too.

I used this to make oatmeal cookies and it's true. Every cookie came out consistently the same size. Funtionally smooth to use.

The best part of this scoop is that it is stainless steel so it looks good in the odds and ends drawer. It uses a rack and gear system to move the ejector ban; Functionally, it does work because the rack consistenly jumps the gear on any item denser than water, thus leaving the band outside of the scoop and the cookie dough or ice cream remaining inside. Simply put it is a tool looking for a better design.