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Default Cookie cutter help?
On 12/1/2012 3:01 AM, wrote:
> On Nov 30, 11:37 pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>> I am a cookie champion. People kill for cookies I've baked. Okay. That's a
>> slight exaggeration but I've never had a leftover. However . . . my attempts
>> with cookies that should be rolled out and cut? No success. Are there some
>> technical tricks or something Moma taught you that I've missed? I do have a
>> nice slab of marble and I could put it in the freezer for a while if cold
>> surface would help. Maybe I need a better weapon to slide the cut cookies
>> to the cookie sheet. I always wind up with what looks like ragged pasta.
>> What am I missing? Polly
>
> It sounds like your dough is getting to warm by the time you're ready
> to put the cookies on the cookie sheet. Instead of using a spatula to
> transfer the cookies to the cookie sheet, I just pick them up with my
> fingers and transfer them. Another thing to try is to roll the dough
> directly on to the cookie sheet. You'll have to experiment with how
> much of the dough you need to use so it's the proper thickness. Next,
> cut out the shapes you want and simply remove the excess dough. You
> won't have to worry about getting the cookies on the pan because
> they'll already be on the pan. This is a good way to do it if the
> shape is intricate and tends to break easily if handled too much.
>
That sounds like very sensible advice, and I'm not a cookie baker
Perhaps along with chilling the marble for rolling out the cookies, the
dough should be chilled. But I like your idea of placing the dough
directly on the baking sheet.

Again, I'm not a cookie baker. Still, I do wish my mom had kept the
"holiday" cookie cutters she used to have. There was a cutter for a
turkey shape (not the cooked version, a gobbler with feathers!). A
cookie cutter. Of course Christmas tree, etc. It would be fun if she'd
kept those... then I might think about baking cookies.

Jill
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