In article >,
"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

A good recipe?
A pastry cloth and a stockinette-covered rolling pin can be helpful.
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Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of August 20, 2012