Like many commenters, I definitely don't like to spend the time to make cut-out cookies. And usually the cookie itself has very little flavor. Then several years ago, I ran across a recipe that the dough is pressed into a jelly roll pan, baked, and immediately cut with a cookie cutter; after cooling, I decorate these. These are thicker than rolled cookies, and they taste so good! When I started pressing the dough into the pan the first time I made them, I kept thinking "This will never work. This just will not work!" But it did!!! I have used this same recipe to cut & decorate cookies for my daughter's kindergarten class (she is now in graduate school!), to decorate cookies for a classmate's bridal shower, decorate cookies matching the theme for an in-service training at work, etc. I don't even attempt to make rolled & cut-out cookies, but these baked & cut-out cookies are terrific!! Wow! I've been baking cookies for 30 years now, and never heard of baking in a pan then cutting before. You can bet I'll be giving this a try soon. Thanks for sharing!~ MaryJane

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