I'm really excited to be trying my first cut-out cookies. I've done tonnes of reading and can't wait to get to the decorating part.
I just mixed up a single batch of the Penny Recipe and it's soooo sticky.
It's in the fridge now - but the recipe said I didn't need to chill it.
I tried rolling it between parchment and even that was sticking to the dough.
Any suggestions?
Also - what is the trick to rolling out the dough in a uniform thickness?
Thanks!!!
I luv Penny's recipe, it's really yummy. I've rolled it out using flour on both the pin and surface. I bake my cookies on a silpat so I usually roll it out right on a floured silpat and cut out the cookies removing the extra dough. I make sure to leave some space between the cookies. It does not spread that much but there definitely is some spreading. I found this to be the easiest way in order to maintain the shapes of the cookies, otherwise I end up with globs.
HTH - Good Luck
I made this one time and mine came out really sticky and even when I chilled it, it was still too sticky to roll out....MY problem: I used too much butter. It was "just one of those days" and I had already put 1 cup in and in the midst of chatting along on the phone put another cup in. 
duh!
The cookies tasted "okay" but they were toooooo buttery ---even for Paula Deen. 
My husband said those cookies gave him the "butter sh!ts"
I haven't tried the recipe again but NEXT time I will stay off the phone.
(sigh...) so that's my story
shanzah67 I have lots of stories like that too - lol
I ended up chilling some of the dough until this morning and they worked much, much better.
I tried Toba's glaze this morning too. I made a huge mess. There is coloured glaze on every surface in the kitchen, but I had tonnes of fun. Can't wait to try again soon.
shanzah67 I have lots of stories like that too - lol
I ended up chilling some of the dough until this morning and they worked much, much better.
I tried Toba's glaze this morning too. I made a huge mess. There is coloured glaze on every surface in the kitchen, but I had tonnes of fun. Can't wait to try again soon.
Did you outline the cookies before you flooded them? I need to find the best way to do this. Your cookies are great. Any instruction you could give would be GREATLY appreciated. 
Gosh - I'm such a newbie at this I'm not sure I should give advice but I'll tell you what I did. I made the Toba's Glaze recipe and I added more powdered sugar to stiffen it up enough to outline. I used tip 5 to outline. I tried a 2 like I read somewhere but it didn't look the way I wanted it to. I let the outline sit for about 15 minutes and then thinned down the icing again with milk to flood them. I used a number 5 for flooding as well. I made a huge mess as the glaze ran out quickly.
Next time I will make the glaze well in advance so the bubbles have a chance to escape. I can see some on my cookies.
I suspect I put the glaze on way too thick though. I think they will take forever to dry enough so I can package them.
I'm not over the moon about the taste. They are super sweet, but I will reserve final judgement for when they are dry and I can taste it all together.
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