COOKIES

Yesterday I had a great desire for oatmeal cookies and believe it or not I could not find a basic recipe in all my books--at first. I did not want fruit and all the stuff some of them called for. I finally found one and above that was a recipe for butter cookies so I made them also. That leads me to a question: I used a cookie press and they did not do real well. Does anyone know if I should of cooled the dough in the press? I made umbrellas but after they baked I think they would of made better elephants with a curled trunk! I love to bake and I have a few friends here that like to be guinea pigs for me so I never have to waste anything!