Hello, SWFlorida, Most of us home bakers probably don't turn out cookies that resemble the flawless beauties on magazine covers, and that's all right. Making cut-out cookies is tricky because the dough usually doesn't behave the way you want it to, and slicing rounds from a roll is tricky because they all tend to have one flat side--and so on. But practicing is fun, and eventually you start liking what you make! Most of my own life I've been yeast-dough-phobic, but with KA flour, this terrific website, and some persistence, I'm finally making bread you can actually eat. I hope you keep at it! Your cookies are probably better than you think.

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