Having Fun With Lots of Cookie Cutters
Everyone loves cookies, so make sure you have plenty of cookie cutters on hand. These fun bakeware accessories are a surefire way to get inspired when baking. Pick your favorite shapes, from classics to ultra-creative to seasonal, for an excuse to make more cookies any time the mood strikes. You can enjoy cutters in the shape of traditional icons, letters and even your favorite characters. With choices made of metal or silicone and a wide array of cookie stamps to complement your cookie cutting, the options are endless. Start playing with new cookie recipes and enjoy all the exciting shapes you can make when you shop cookie cutters today.
What Are Cookie Cutters?
Cookie cutters are a classic bakeware accessory used to form or shape cookie dough before baking it into cookies.
The shapes vary in outline and sizing, so that you can find the perfect cutter for any cookie recipe from scratch or a mix. With a little help from a rolling pin or other baking tools, you can even reshape a slice-n-bake roll to use cutters for a personal touch.
- The cutters are just an outline. The cookie dough goes in the middle of the cookie cutter and the edges of the cutter remove dough in your chosen shape from a rolled out expanse of dough on your counter or cutting board.
- They are made of a variety of materials, designed to cut through different kinds of dough or create crisp edges. Some are metal, while others are silicone. Some may include negative relief details that allow you to cut a cookie and stamp its surface with a design.
- Many people select their cookie cutters in sets so that they can make a variety of cookies along a common theme. This might include dinosaurs, Star Wars characters, hearts and stars or other motifs.
- When choosing sets, the cutters will generally be about the same size. This is because cookies are best when they bake evenly. To include different size cookies in your batch, use a different cutter set and create a separate tray to bake on its own in your traditional or smart oven.
What Shapes Can You Make?
An exceptional variety of cookie cutter shapes are available at Williams Sonoma for all occasions.
- Enjoy beloved cookie looks, like hearts, fluted circles or rectangles, flowers and medallions.
- For changing seasons, look for ghosts, gingerbread, falling leaves, snowflakes and more.
- Check out your favorite characters, like HARRY POTTER or Star Wars.
- Be unique with seashells, butterflies, honeybees or letters that spell names or phrases.
Have fun developing a cookie cutter collection that will be the envy of all your baking friends and start sharing cookies right away.