Cookie Cutters

See Cookie-cutter for the word usage that means "lack of originality or distinction" which is derived from this object. more...

A cookie cutter is a tool to cut out cookie dough in a particular shape.

Types & Variations

• Cutouts: Usually made out of Copper, Tin, Stainless Steel, Aluminum or Plastic. Cut outs are the most simplist of cookie cutters and only "cut out" the shape in the dough.
• Detail Imprint: Commonly Made out of Copper & Tin or Plastic. Detail Imprints not only cut out the dough they also leave an imprint in the dough that will last through baking.
• Cookie Molds: Usually made out of wood or ceramic or plastic. Springerle molds are the most ancient of examples(can be traced back to the 14th century) and perhaps the beginning of cookie & cracker shaping.
• Cookie press: Automated or hand operated press used to make large batches of cookies quickly

Uses

Besides their defined use "to cut shapes out of dough", they can also be used but not limited to for cutting and shaping tea sandwiches.

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