I am by no means an expert on cookies and since my main business is cakes I always end up leaving my cookie orders for last and I'm always stressing on doing them.
I have come up with my own little...time cutting tips, and I'm sure that you've probably seen them before, like I said, I'm not a cookie expert..
but here goes...
I do have a do-board and roll my cookie dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper, then I keep one of the sheets to become the bottom of the next batch.
I place the rolled out dough onto a cookie sheet and when I have several stacks I place them in the freezer.
Then make another batch of cookie dough. While this second batch is chilling in the fridge, I pull out the first rolled out batch from the freezer and cut my cookies out. I throw them in the freezer again, until I have all my cookies cut out.
I then place them on the cookie sheet that will bake them. I line the cookie sheet with more parchment. (dont 'worry I recycle..lol) to keep the cookie sheet clean and ready for the next batch to bake.
While my cookies bake, I have my fondant, MMF tinted and rolled out, ready to cut with the cookie cutters I used to make cookies, I have several small bottles with tips filled with colored chocolate that I have melted. you can use a heating pad to keep your bottles on or you can put them in the microwave to remelt, whatever works for you.
I have a "COOKIE GLUE" that I make....sifted powdered sugar, a little extract and some melted butter, just to make a sort of wet paste...like "wallpaper glue consistency ) I eighter brush this onto the cookies or use a glove and smear it on the cookies ( when they are large cookies I use this method )
I put the fondant cut out onto the cookie that has my cookie glue on it and put it aside, when they are all done, I airbrush them...add details with my melted chocolate and give them a little border with the chocolate.
I find this "ON THE FLY" method quick and easy for me, as I have everything I need already set up!
My first hour is spent making the dough, chiling it and rolling it out.
bake
next hour is spent decorating!
So, in 1/2 a day I can get several dozen done and out the door.
and when I use my edible images, even BETTER!!!!!!!
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