The Rycraft Cookie Stamp
Collector's Page
Rycraft Collectors share their photos and stories about how they find
stamps, when they started collecting and how they use their stamps.
All collectors of Rycraft cookie stamps
are invited to send in your photos,
recipes and comments to share.
Nancy Farris' Christmas Ornaments
from the 1970's
Amy Pak's Cookie Stamp Collection
Donna Boudreau's Cookie Stamp Collection
Ayn H's Cookie Stamp Collection
Cheryl Frey's Cookie Stamp Collection
How long have you been collecting Rycraft stamps?
About 40 years. About 40 years. I saw my first Rycraft stamps when I was attending a festival during my OSU years in Covallis, OR.
Where did you find your stamps (famil.y, store, garage sale, etc)?
My stamps have been received as gifts, I received some from my Mom when she downsized, I purchased some at stores & online from festival vendors, and also at antique malls.
What are your favorite Rycraft designs?
My favorites are the deep, distinct designs that make such a clear imprint. Some favorites are several of the floral designs, the crab, elk, trout, clover, baby carraige, and rocking horse.
How do you use your stamps (for cookies, crafts, etc)?
I use my stamps strictly for cookies — Shortbread, and especially for German Springerle.
Please tell us the story behind your collection.
My mother who lived in Ontario OR came to OSU for Mom’s Weekend in the late 1970’s and 1980. While at a festival, she purchased her first Rycraft stamp (strawberries). We had never seen a clay cookie stamp, and were instantly “hooked” :-). In the next few years I began collecting my own stamps, and used them for shortbread. I later became interested in making German Springerle and found that in my growing Rycraft collection, the ones with deep designs did a great job on Springerle dough. My son and dau-in-law have also become Springerle bakers, and are passing the cookie stamping tradition on to my 2 and 4 year old grandchildren. I have given them some of my stamp collection as gifts. I have purchased many Rycraft stamps over the years, and always keep my eyes open for them at craft/antique malls. Since we have family in the Ontario/Boise area, I hope to visit the Rycraft workshop some day and to add a few more stamps to my collection and to that of my young grandchildren.
C Jamieson's Cookie Stamp Collection
C Jamieson’s World War II Gingerbread Cookies
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 beaten egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 to 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cloves
Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Chill overnight. Roll into balls. Freeze 10 min. Stamp. Freeze for another 10 min. Bake on greased sheets at 350º F for 6-10 minutes.
Deb Carlson's Cookie Stamp Collection
Grace Mika's Cookie Stamp Collection
How long have you been collecting Rycraft stamps?
About 5 years
Where did you find your stamps (famil.y, store, garage sale, etc)?
Friends and garage sales.
What are your favorite Rycraft designs?
All of the nature themed ones are my favorites, especially the fruits and flowers collections.
How do you use your stamps (for cookies, crafts, etc)?
I only use them for baking right now, but I do want to experiment with using them for crafts.
Please tell us the story behind your collection.
When I was starting my first year of high school, a friend gave me a flower basket Rycraft cookie stamp along with a bunch of other baking stuff for my birthday. I had actually never seen cookie stamps before, and I was so excited to be able to bake cookies that looked uniform and great without having to put too much effort into decorating them.
In the bundle, my friend gave me a few other cookie stamps from other brands that ranged from 4-6 inches in comparison to Rycraft’s 2 inches, which at the time I just thought was cuter, but I ended up liking a lot more for baking, too, because they were the perfect snacking size. I could also whip up a whole lot more to give out during holiday seasons, and ever since then I had been searching around for them whenever I could, but most of what I could find were holiday themed and I wanted to buy some that I could use year-round to give as gifts to friends and family.
I was able to find a few more just recently that even had the Rycraft logo that led me to this website and I was really excited because, now being in my first year of college, I wanted to visit one of my favorite middle school teachers and bring them some homemade cookies. With the virus going around, though, the school is closed and I won’t be able to visit until next year. I’m hoping that by then, I’ll have a larger collection and even more designs to stamp onto my cookies!
James Malerich's Cookie Stamp Collection
Above, the pumpkin stamp (pale yellow glaze)
is a very old design, carved by Eleanor Rycraft in 1977.
The french horn with pine needles is the 1994 Dated Annual Christmas design.
We can see from the colors of glaze that many of these stamps were made in the 1990’s.
How long have you been collecting Rycraft stamps?
About four years now
Where did you find your stamps (family, store, garage sale, etc)?
Most were purchased secondhand through ebay, and a few were purchased new in small kitchenware stores
What are your favorite Rycraft designs?
The sheaf of wheat has a special place in my heart (063). That and the sunface (266) are the ones
I remember most from early on.
How do you use your stamps (for cookies, crafts, etc)?
I’ve always used them for cookies exclusively
Please tell us the story behind your collection.
When I was a kid, Mom had a few stamps and it was always great fun being able to help out stamping cookies. We loved adding to the collection from time to time, particularly when at the Kitchen Sink shop in the Amana Colonies (Iowa). As the family grew we did this less and less. A good ten years or so after
moving away from home I stumbled across some at a shop and decided it was time to start up my
own collection. I’ve picked up a few pieces new, but love browsing eBay from time to time to
get a bunch for a good deal.