Can you use a normal chocolate chip cookie dough with a cookie cutter or is it too hard? I'm sorry if that sounds really dumb. But I am using alphabet shaped cookie cutters, so if I wanted to just make chocolate chip cookies, do I just roll out the dough and then use the cutters? And would the cookies end up like rising and getting bigger, filling up gaps in the letter shape so they don't look like letters anymore? Or would they stay their shape when they are baked?
Also, if I made a variety of cookie doughs for the letter shaped cutters, which types of dough would be best to use?
2007-11-25 14:32:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Any type of dough that can be rolled out will work. Mostly sugar cookies or gingerbread, as the dough is the right consistancy. Though certainly, you can do a number of variations on these doughs...IE: Omit some of the flour and add cocoa powder to sugar cookie dough for chocolate cookies, orange zest and flavoring instead of vanilla for citrus cookies, etc. There is a great recipe this month in the Country Living Magazine that allows you to do just that and gives the measurements to do so. I've also seen this in several magazines over the years. I'm sure you could find a recipe like this on-line. Go to Countryliving.com to see if they listed it there.
Good luck!!
2007-11-25 14:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is too soft, they'll just spread out all over the pan and lose there shape. If you want cutter style chocolate chip cookies you need a Sugar Cookie Dough with mini chocolate chips. Just work the chips into the dough and roll out / cut out.
Trust me, I'm a Chef.
Good luck, hope they turn out OK.
2007-11-25 14:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by ID773 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd have to add way too much flour to any chocolate chip recipe I've ever seen to be able to roll the dough out. And then they'd just be tough, even if they held their shape. Sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies are the ones that come to mind for cutting out.
Instead of frosting sugar cookies, you could put some choc. chips on them after they're on your baking sheet but before you bake them or use chocolate sprinkles if the chocolate part is important. You might also be able to find a peanut butter (or snickerdoodle) recipe that would be stiff enough to roll.
2007-11-25 14:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-01 05:03:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
***Chocolate chip cookie dough will spread out as it bakes they will lose their shape, sugar cookies, Gingerbread, are 2 I can think of right off hand, that will not spread. you can always add chocolate chips to your sugar cookies after you cut them out.
2007-11-25 14:42:18 · answer #5 · answered by B C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sugar cookies work well with the cookie cutters but i see no reason you couldn't make chocolate chip cookies in shapes
2007-11-25 14:41:01 · answer #6 · answered by aaronryoung 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Shortbread!
2007-11-25 14:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋