I cut enough shapes for 5-6 cookies and 'decorated' them. Otherwise, I would have some adorable shapes poked into my hands. I did not roll the tops of the metal down to make a hand-friendly cutter, so to actually use these, I pushed them down with a square of cardboard. But finally, they came out and they actually look like the design. It took a lot of patience and cursing to get the metal shapes right. With my new designs, I traced my 3 templates onto cardboard and used the pliers to bend the metal into shape.Ĭard stock and cardboard templates. It was a beast to take apart but with some pliers and our kitchen sheers I was able to get some 3/4 inch wide strips of metal (aluminum maybe?) out of it. Then I found an old cookie tin with thicker more bendable metal in the back of our pantry. When you bend it at a 90 degree angle, the metal cracks. But I wanted to make these now! First I tried using the metal from a soda can, which proved too weak and brittle. how to make your own custom cookie cutter? I could probably order one and later I found a few very cute etsy shops that will 3D print cookie cutter designs for you. Cutting cookie shapes by hand with a knife and a template is boring and horrible.If the shapes are too small, there will be weak points where they will be more likely to break.If your locking shapes are slightly off, you can gently cut them with a serrated knife when they are hot from the oven.Sharp corners burn! His poor little tail! All of my shapes needed to be rounded or thickened so they baked evenly.The cookies did not expand and looked pretty much like they did when I cut them out. My cookie recipe was good - no baking power or soda, cold dough, and short fast baking time.

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