Mamas & Papas-
Help me out with this one, can I use sugar cookie dough to make cookie cutter cookies? I tried using pilsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough and not only was it a complete bear to work with, roll, cut, lift onto the cookie tray, but when baked, it barely resembled the intended shape.
Thanks for your tips,
F. B.
If you use the pre-made stuff you need lots of flour and roll it very thin. That stuff is very sticky and if the cookies are cut too thick they don't look the way they are supposed to (but they still taste good, lol).
Finding the right sugar cookie recipe for cookie cutter recipes is tough. And I like my crunchier/darker than most folks. I finally used the following recipe, found at thekitchn. I made them, and they are pretty forgiving. I do make sure to roll the dough between sheets of waxed paper and then refrigerate those before cutting. They also held their shape while baking. Bonus!
Had to laugh a Suz T's response. I too do not make pie crust or cut out cookies. I LOVE to bake but I don't do those things. I buy pre-made pie crusts and let others with talents I don't have do the cut out thing!!!
Happy Holidays!!
M
sorry, i'm of no help with this one. i just want to stick my oar in long enough to say that back in the throes of my cookie baking years (we're watching our sugar these days so i don't bake much now that it's just the ol' man and me) i was completely inept when it came to rolling out dough. i long ago gave up on pie crust too.
so when christmas sugar cookie time came around, i made the dough and it was the husband's job to roll it out, then the boys swooped in and did all the cookie-cutter-and-decorating stuff.
i suggest you recruit your men.
:) khairete
S.
Go to the ____@____.com website. Best cutout cookie recipe ever and lots of great tips:
http://bakeat350.blogspot.com/2013/12/perfect-every-time-...
The key to cookies keeping their shape, besides the right recipe, is chilling the cookies after they have been cut. Pop back in the fridge or freezer before baking and they'll look great.
Pilsbury dough is a) nasty and b) really hard to work with. Follow this recipe and you'll be in cookie heaven!
Ditto Christy Lee's response. I always use that recipe. Keeps the shape and the cookies don't break or crumble as easily as other recipes I've used in the past.
You're looking for a rolled sugar cookie recipe. Here's the one I use. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/The-Best-Rolled-Sugar-Cookies/
