How to Shape Cookies Without a Cookie Cutter

Rolling out dough, cutting them with a cookie cutter and transferring the cookies to a cookie sheet is time-consuming. Here is another way to get uniform, round cookies with less effort.

Things You'll Need

• Wax paper
• Spoon
• Flat-bottomed glass

Instructions

1. Mix the cookie dough following your recipe.

2. Use a spoon to remove small hunks of cookie dough from the mixing bowl.

3. Remove the dough from the spoon using your hands and roll it into a 1-inch-diameter ball.

4. Place these balls methodically on the cookie sheet. Leave room around each one so that they are not touching.

5. Tear a piece of wax paper that is the size of your cookie sheet and lay it over the balls of cookie dough.

6. Press a glass with a flat bottom over each ball to flatten the dough.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have trouble with the cookie dough sticking on a spoon, dip the spoon in milk first.

• Add or remove dough to the balls so that they all come out approximately 1 inch in diameter after rolling.

• Do not press too hard with the glass or the cookie will have a flatter middle and a thick ring around the edge.