I had a simple recipe from a Current book once that used the plastic spools- the ones that look like a wheel with widely spaced spokes on the end- for a cookie press. I would think it would work with any sugar cookie recipe. I don't know if they still use this style spool anymore either- I'm getting as old as dirt and have little short term memory left!
Also - my brother used to make little "tractors" with a wooden spool and a matchstick and a rubber band, but I couldn't really remember how it was done exactly.