On Mar 14, 10:12 am, wrote:
> I'm trying to make some cut-out cookies using storebought cookie
> dough, using the instructions on the container, but whenever I roll
> the dough out on a floured surface, flatted it, and press the cookie
> cutter down to make the cookie shapes, the cut-out shape won't lift up
> with the cookie cutter, making it too soggy and flexible to transport
> to the cookie sheet. Strangely, the first two cookies seem to come up
> properly, but any ones after that are impossible to get. Is it
> because the dough becomes too moist after being handled for a bit? Is
> the solution then to just keep mixing in more flour, not just enough
> flour to keep it from sticking to the surface where I'm rolling them
> out? Or what else?

Dip your cutter into a shallow dish of flour before each cut, and make
sure you have enough flour underneath the rolled-out dough that they
don't stick to the board. I like it best when the cookie dough is
cut, but stays put - then I use an icing (offset) spatula to transfer
them to the cookie sheet. As far as I'm concerned, they should never
stick to the cookie cutter.

N.