[Sca-cooks] Pie Shapers

[Sandra Kisner]

>I'm not certain that I understand about "cut into the plate that would
>create the panel".  Are you saying that possibly each curved panel was set
>down as a flat "plate", the mold stamp pressed into it, and then it was set
>onto the base?  Pressing the gingerbread mold onto the dough might have
>been one way but then the design would go inward, right?  And the print
>appears to be raised, doesn't it?

That depends on how the mold was carved.  If the mold has the shape incised 
(going inward), then the design would be raised on the dough pressed into it.

Sandra