Cookie Help

[ColwynsMommy]

I've tried making cookies with cookie cutters before, and they always expand too much and end up looking more like blobs than the shape they're supposed to be. For Fiona's first birthday cake, I want to decorate little flower and butterfly cookies and use those as decorations on her cake, rather than piping the flowers and butterflies on directly. But I need cookie dough that won't spread out when I bake them.. I want the shapes nice and neat.

Does anyone know what kind of cookie dough would be best for that?

Thanks!

[cristeen]

You need a dough that is specifically written for rolling and cutting. It will have a different proportion of fat:flour than a drop cookie dough, which is meant to spread.

All of my cookie cookbooks have sections specifically for cookies that have to be rolled and cut.

[Chamomile Girl]

I don't have a specific recipie but it sounds like the doughs you have been using have too much butter. It also helps if you chill the dough after you cut the shapes but before you bake.