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Puester

wrote:
>
> If the cookie shapes don't stick to the cookie cutter, how do you
> separate them from the rest of the dough? Lift the rest of the sheet
> of dough up and away from the cut-out cookie shapes? But when I use
> the dough (even if it's chilled), it barely holds together when I lift
> out the small cookie shape. If I tried to lift up and away the sheet
> of surrounding dough, it feels like it would fall apart.
>
> Also, when I tried baking the ones that I was able to cut out
> correctly, the dough expands on the cookie sheet and destroys the
> shapes I've made. Is there any kind of dough that doesn't do this?
>

Another piece of advice is don't roll the dough too thin.

Melba/Barb posted a very good sugar/cutout cookie recipe a while back.
It's one of the first that has worked well for me. Google for it.

Never mind, here it is:

Sugar Cookies

Recipe By : Posted yet again to r.f.cooking by Barb Schaller, 6-7-05
Serving Size : 66 Preparation Time :12:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 cups sifted cake flour (14 oz.)
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup soft shortening (5 oz.)
1 1/2 cups sugar (11-1/2 oz.)
2 eggs -- unbeaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
4 tsp. milk

Sift dry ingredients together; set aside. Mix shortening with sugar,
eggs, and vanilla until very light and fluffy. Mix in flour mixture
alternately with milk. Refrigerate dough until easy to handle (several
hours or overnight). Roll on floured board, cut, and bake at 400
degrees until delicate brown, about 9 minutes.

This is the only sugar cookie recipe I've had much luck with!! The
dough handles beautifully! Design imprints from a cookie cutter remain
on the cookie, making decorating very easy. 11/25/89: ~5-1/2 dozen
cookies.
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NOTES : Source: Good Housekeeping Cookbook, page 657. First made in
the late 70s.

gloria p