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A cookie cutter is a tool to cut out cookie
Cookie

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat, containing milk, flour, eggs, and sugar, etc. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings?a cookie is a plain bu...
 dough
Dough

This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough .Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or legume crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water....
 in a particular shape. They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are desired, or for large batches of cookies where simplicity and uniformity are required. Cookie cutters have also been used for, among other uses, cutting and shaping tea sandwich
Tea sandwich

A tea sandwich is a small prepared sandwich meant to be eaten at tea to stave off hunger until the main meal.The tea sandwich may take a number of different forms, but should be easy to handle, and should be capable of being eaten in two bites....
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A cookie cutter is a tool to cut out cookie
Cookie

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat, containing milk, flour, eggs, and sugar, etc. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings?a cookie is a plain bu...
 dough
Dough

This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough .Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or legume crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water....
 in a particular shape. They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are desired, or for large batches of cookies where simplicity and uniformity are required. Cookie cutters have also been used for, among other uses, cutting and shaping tea sandwich
Tea sandwich

A tea sandwich is a small prepared sandwich meant to be eaten at tea to stave off hunger until the main meal.The tea sandwich may take a number of different forms, but should be easy to handle, and should be capable of being eaten in two bites....
es.

Types & Variations

  • Cutout: Most commonly made of copper, tin, stainless steel, aluminum, or plastic. Cutouts are the simplest of the cookie cutters; the cutter is pressed into cookie dough that has been rolled flat to produce the shape of the cutter's outline.
  • Detail imprint: Commonly made of copper, tin, or plastic. Detail imprints are similar to cutout cookie cutters, except that detail imprints also mark the surface of the dough.
  • Cookie mold: Usually made of wood, ceramic, or plastic. Springerle
    Springerle

    Springerle is a type of cookie from Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany with an embossed design made by pressing a molding onto rolled dough and allowing the impression to dry before cooking....
     molds are the oldest examples of such. A cookie mold typically has an ornate design debossed into the surface; the mold is pressed into the cookie dough to produce an embossed design.
  • Cookie press
    Cookie press

    A cookie press is a device for making pressed cookies such as spritzgeb?ck. It consists of a cylinder with a plunger on one end which is used to extrude cookie dough through a small hole at the other end....
    :     Automated or hand operated press used to make large batches of cookies quickly. The cookie dough is extruded onto the baking sheet in ornate shapes that would otherwise be too difficult or time-consuming to create by hand.


Alternate definition

"Cookie cutter," when used as an adjective, is defined as a "lack of originality or distinction" , a reference to the uniformity that results from the use of a cookie cutter.

See also

  • Cookie decorating
    Cookie decorating

    Cookie decorating dates back to at least the 14th century when in Switzerland, springerle cookie molds were carved from wood and used to impress Biblical designs into cookies....
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