Naturally enough, this week celebrates the use of cookie cutters. Cookie cutters, which can also be known as biscuit cutters are a kitchen utensil designed to cut cookie, or biscuit, dough into different shapes, instead of having the more standard circular - or circular-ish, for home made drop cookies - shape. Cookie cutters aren't just used to cut cookies, though; they can also be used to cut sandwiches into different shapes.
Cookie cutters vary in type, and in complexity. The standard type of cookie cutter, and the simplest, cuts a shape out of the dough. The cutter is pressed into dough that has been rolled flat. Another type is a detail cutter, which marks a detail into the surface of the dough. A third type is the mould, which often has a design that is pressed into the surface of the cookies, and can be in the shape of a rolling pin.
There are also the cookie press and the cookie cutting sheet, both of which are used to make larger quantities of cooking. The press extrudes the cookies in ornate shapes, whilst the sheet cuts many cookies at the same time. These last two are less likely to be used in home baking.
December is an ideal month to be celebrating the cookie cutter, for the Christmas period is probably the major celebration for making shaped cookies. Christmas-themed shapes such as snowmen, Santa Claus and reindeer, or, more simply, stars and trees, are popular.
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