Has any one got any good biscuit/cookie recipes that you can easily cut the dough out to make shapes!?

Answer 1

basic butter cookie dough

RECIPE INGREDIENTS


8 oz. (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened

1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted after measuring

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt





RECIPE METHOD


Cream the butter and sugar together with a mixer or a wooden spoon until well blended. Add the vanilla and almond extracts. Sift the flour with the salt; gradually add the flour to the butter mixture until you have a firm but silky dough that does not stick to your hands. If necessary, add more flour a little at a time until you’ve reached the right consistency. Chill the dough for at least an hour before rolling and shaping.


Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Divide the dough in half. Roll each piece between sheets of waxed paper to about 1/4-inch thick. Lightly dust the dough with flour. If the dough becomes sticky, chill it for about 10 minutes. Press the dough with cookie cutters. (If mailing, keep the shapes simple.) Reroll the scraps and cut more shapes. Repeat the process with the second half of the dough.


Bake the cookies until they turn light brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the baking sheet immediately and cool on a wire rack. When completely cooled, decorate with royal icing (recipe opposite) or other decorations, if desired.


FOR SANDWICH COOKIES: Make the dough as directed but roll it to about 1/8-inch thick. Press cookies with a 2-inch circular cutter. Using a smaller cookie cutter of the same or a different shape, cut holes in half of the 2-inch circles. (Use scraps from the holes to make a few more cookies.) Bake as directed above. When the cookies are cool, spread about 1 teaspoon ganache (see recipe) or fruit preserves on one side of a whole cookie. Press on a cookie with a cut-out center. Repeat with the rest of the cookies. Yields about 30 sandwich cookies.


FOR BAR COOKIES: Shape dough into a brick about 3-inches wide, 9 1/2 inches long, and 1 1/4-inches thick. Chill the dough for at least an hour. Cut the brick into 1/4-inch slices. Bake in a 350 degrees F oven until golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Yields about 40 cookies.


VARIATIONS:
For a nutty flavor, omit the almond extract and add 1 cup of toasted chopped hazelnuts to the dough.
For a cardamom-flavored cookie, omit the almond extract and add 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom to the dough. This tastes great paired with orange marmalade in a cookie sandwich (as described above).

Answer 2

Check out the sugar cookie recipes on Betty Crocker's site or book. Use a recipe that requires refrigeration of the dough prior to rolling and cutting the shapes for best results.

Answer 3

Brown Sugar and Spice Cutout Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookie sheets with cooking spray, butter or shortening.

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, blend well.

Stir together remaining dry ingredients and add slowly to butter mixture, blending well.

On floured surface, roll out half of dough at a time, to a 1/8" thickness. Cut into shapes as desired with floured cookie cutters and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown.

Cool on wire rack and decorate if desired.

Makes 3 dozen cookies

OR-

Sweetheart Chippers


These cookies are great for Valentine's Day, but you can make these cookies for any occasion simply by using various shaped cookie cutters.

To make these cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 12 oz. bag M&Ms (or other candies for decoration)

Mix the powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla, almond extract and egg in a large bowl until well blended. Stir in the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours.

Preheat your oven to 375. Divide the dough into halves. On a lightly floured surface, roll each half about 3/16 inch thick. Use various heart-shaped cutters to cut out the cookies. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet until the edges of the cookies are lightly browned, about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove to a wire rack. Cool completely and spread with your favorite glaze or frosting and then decorate with the candies. (For Valentines' Day, you can use the red M&Ms.)

Yields about 4 dozen 3-inch cookies.

If you live in altitudes above 3500 feet, bake the cookies 8 to 9 minutes.

Answer 4

Try the basic butter cookie recipe. I don't know of a buiscuit that will hold up as a shape.

Answer 5

once you have your dough mixture, just use dough cutters which are avaliable from your local cookery store

Answer 6

SUPERMARKET, BISCUIT SECTION, DOUGH ALREADY TO OPEN.

Answer 7

go to allrecipes.com and look up "J.P.'s big daddy buiscits" their perfect for that and delicious

Answer 8

i have a italian biscotti recipe. is that what you need?

Answer 9

cant tell u sorry